A heavy rain was approaching, and there were many hurried merchants walking along the narrow official road, either in twos or threes or in groups.
The donkey carts loaded with heavy goods left shallow or deep tracks on the ground.
This official road is called Muyun Road, named after the special climate phenomenon here. When walking on this road, you have to be extra careful about the sudden showers. This rain is strange to say, and it is obvious that the clouds are overwhelmed by the heavy rain. But it may be brewing for several hours without being completely settled.
Gu Ning'an didn't have the habit of carrying rain gear. First of all, he liked to travel lightly, so it was always inconvenient to bring heavy rain gear.
Secondly, it is a great pleasure for him to find a shelter from the rain when it rains, listen to the sound of rain, and see the scene of rain moistening everything.
"Young man! The rain is coming, don't stay here!"
"Keep your pace and move forward!"
"You will feel better if you catch the wind and cold!"
When a donkey cart passed by Gu Ning'an, the middle-aged man driving the donkey cart waved the whip in his hand to beat the donkey and shouted at Gu Ning'an.
Gu Ning'an looked at the middle-aged man driving the car, who looked like he was in his early forties. Calling him a young man for a man of his age made the expression on his face a little strange.
After all, although he looks only about twenty now, thirty-three years ago, he had the same appearance when he first came to this world of fairies, demons, and monsters. The thirty-three years had not left a single moment of traces on him. trace.
"Thank you for reminding!"
The other party's words were rough, but he was a kind reminder. Gu Ning'an handed over his hands and thanked the donkey drive away. After that, he picked up the luggage that had slipped slightly on his shoulders and continued to walk forward.
Back then, when Gu Ning'an first arrived in this world, he was in a cave on the top of a barren mountain. There were traces of human habitation in the cave, as well as dried and black blood stains and hairs left by some large insects.
Someone lived in the cave, and they must have been devoured by wild beasts in the barren mountains.
The previous generation of residents of this cave left him a rusty hatchet and a book called "The Way".
With the hatchet, he foraged for wild fruits and small animals, and with the books, he learned some strange spells.
One day after five years of training in the barren mountains, a three-meter-long giant tiger with a fishy mouth broke through the trap Gu Ning'an set in front of the cave and blocked him in the cave while he was sleeping.
He thought that the end was coming, but Gu Ning'an just moved the gravel in the cave, and with a finger, the tiger that had eaten the previous cave master was immediately pierced through the forehead and died!
Realizing that he had some ability to protect himself, Gu Ning'an traveled lightly the next day and took a trip down the mountain.
It took him five years to travel to many places and listen to many things, and he became more and more aware of the dangers of this world.
Until one day, he saw a book in the hands of a bookseller that was exactly the same as the "Tao" he practiced.
The book seller said: This book has been widely circulated. Someone edited it in the early years, but after finding it useless, it became something like a story-telling novel.
Gu Ning'an, who did not believe in evil, spent a penny to buy all three copies of "The Way" from the bookseller.
After reading through it, he realized that the technique he had practiced was actually a fake technique written in an ancient book that could be jokingly called a "huaben novel".
Realizing that something was wrong, he returned to the deserted mountain cave again to study the inconsistencies among the four "Tao" books.
He discovered that the technique he had learned was actually fake. The more he studied and deduced, the more lonely he became... From the time he sat on the ground meditating on the "Tao" technique until he woke up again, it was twenty years!
After sitting for twenty years, he seemed to be wandering around the world, feeling that everything was lonely... At the moment before he woke up, his body was almost completely illusory and transparent, as if it would disappear at any time.
As he lay dying, his mind reflected on the humans, beasts, spirits and monsters he had encountered during his five years of travelling. Those "people" turned into strands of red silk threads, intertwined with his illusory body, making it solid again. .
After waking up, Gu Ningan, who had been thinking about how she could fall into the state of "returning to silence", simply stopped thinking about it.
He named the red silk thread that saved his life "Red Dust Qi" - which means "fireworks on earth"...
Therefore, after going down the mountain again, he planned to "visit the old place again."
The first is to meet an old friend, and the second is to explore what is so special about the sudden appearance of the "worldly aura" and what is its connection with the "path"...
Gu Ning'an walked forward for a few miles and saw a series of connected bungalows standing on the grassland on the right side of the official road. The eaves were flying, and a large square red wooden board hung on the eaves of the main entrance.
On the red wooden board, there is a vigorous and powerful word "tea" written on it.
Gu Ning'an looked at that word and couldn't help but remember a young man he met many years ago and some past events...
In the early years, this tea house was not as "prosperous" as it is today. At that time, this place was just a tea shed built with thatch and earth walls.
At that time, the owners of the tea shed were a simple young man and a woman who was eight months pregnant.
The couple appear to be in their early twenties.
When Gu Ning'an walked through this official road, it was like today, he came to take shelter from the rain.
Although the tea shed at that time was simple and simple, it reflected the simplicity of fireworks everywhere.
The honest young man is always sweating profusely from making tea, and the woman who is eight months pregnant also feels sorry for her husband. Even if she has difficulty moving, she still insists on beating her husband.
At that time, the tea shed was not as lively as it is now, just standing outside the door. At that time, it was more of a quiet and lonely atmosphere.
When the honest young man saw that Gu Ning'an was alone, he refused to accept the money for tea. He insisted on saying something: "There are few scholars who come here to drink tea. Sir is the first one. I invite you to have a cup of tea because I want to give my child a sense of culture." .”
An honest husband, a considerate wife, and a child about to be born.
This family should have enjoyed simple happiness.
Who would have thought that this day would not come true!
At the moment when the sudden rain hit Muyundao, the pregnant woman gave birth prematurely...
No matter which dynasty or generation it is from, if premature birth is done accidentally, the result will be one body and two lives!
The honest young man hugged his angry wife and looked desperately at the layers of rain that blocked all sight around him.
Gu Ning'an had some knowledge of the art, but at that time, he had only one way to save the fetus in the woman's arms... The price was to use the mother's own vitality and true spirit to pour it into the fetus in her belly, and vice versa. However... to put it simply, he can only protect one of the big and the small.
After hearing the news, the honest young man kept kowtowing to Gu Ning'an, begging him to protect him... However, what Gu Ning'an didn't expect was that the pregnant woman actually said her thanks to him, and her mind changed. Once loose, it snuffs out its own vitality.
This woman was a mortal, and at the end of her life, she actually used almost magical means to "save" her child...
In the end, the child was saved. She was a girl, named Xiao Sanhua, after her mother’s favorite calico cat...
"Sir, it's about to rain outside. You'd better come inside first... It's hard to find a doctor here. It's windy and cold, but it's very uncomfortable." A gentle call "broke" Gu Ning'an's memories.
Gradually, the figure of the resolute mother in the memory slowly overlapped with the person in front of me...
