Now Cheng Ling knew that she had been completely tricked by Cheng Xueyao. She had already seen through him, but she was still forced to swear an oath of heaven to help her get justice.
But this heavenly oath is really awesome, he can even see through his thoughts, and threatens him with thunder and lightning whenever he wants to run away. To be honest, Cheng Ling was really not afraid, but if he was hit again, who knew whether his soul would be penetrated again?
He is considered good now. He is a seven or eight-year-old boy. He will probably live for more than thirty years at most. But Cheng Ling's hair stood on end just thinking about it if he allowed his soul to pass through the body of a woman or a eunuch from the palace.
After thinking about it, I could only sigh to myself: That's all, just pretend that I am in the Wuxiang Sword Sect: eating and waiting to die! Anyway, as a handyman disciple, you can have food and shelter, as long as you avoid Chen Lei and the others.
After making up his mind, he no longer hesitated and walked all the way back to the Wuxiang Sword Sect.
When I returned to the handyman disciple area, I was about to rush back to the dormitory to sleep for a few days to calm down. But on the way back, a group of disciples gathered around the roadside, screaming in surprise.
Cheng Ling became curious and stepped forward to take a look. I saw a young man in the middle wearing a long robe and a Confucian shirt, playing with several wooden strips, changing the position of individual wooden strips from time to time, and the pattern formed by the wooden strips kept changing.
Sometimes it is diamond-shaped, sometimes it is square, sometimes it is cone-shaped. Cheng Ling looked at it and said "Pfft", and couldn't help laughing. Isn't this just a match game played by kindergarten children?
Just like the number 14+1=11, only one match is allowed to move to make the equation true. This group of disciples actually made a fuss over such a childish game.
However, his smile annoyed the young man in Confucian shirt. He said: "How can you mock my master's research? Why don't you tell me your name?"
"It's him! The abandoned son of the Chen family still has the nerve to laugh at others."
"Senior brother, I know his name is Chen Ling, and he is a useless loser."
"It's just that I dealt with him two days ago. I thought he was dead, but I didn't expect that he was still alive. This kind of garbage is a shame in the sect!"
Needless to say, it must be Chen Lei who said such heart-wrenching words.
Cheng Ling smiled coldly and turned around to leave without wanting to provoke him!
Before he had taken two steps, he saw Chen Lei and a few more people blocking him. He gave him a disdainful look and said, "Having a descendant like you in our Chen family is a big stain. I think you should leave as soon as possible." Sect, please don’t suffer the pain of flesh and blood again!”
"The Chen family is nothing, and I don't want to climb high. From today on, I will take my mother's surname and change it to Cheng. I will not be called Chen Ling, but will be renamed Cheng Ling. Now, you are satisfied!"
"Hahahaha~~"
The children burst into laughter. They didn't expect this man to be so shameless. He even changed his name after threatening him.
Chen Lei became even more angry and said, "You actually underestimate our surname Chen. Are you going to betray the family?"
"Brother, you said I was a stain, and you called me a betrayal after I changed my surname. So should I change it or not?"
"You..." Chen Lei was so pretentious that he was no match for him. He was immediately choked and pointed at Cheng Ling and couldn't say a word for a long time.
"Since I have no objection, I'll leave." Cheng Ling smiled coldly, walked around them and walked towards the dormitory.
By the time Chen Lei reacted, he was already out of sight. He spat bitterly and left with a few followers. After this commotion, everyone lost interest and dispersed one by one.
After lying lazily in the dormitory for a whole day, I got up and helped Su Rui with chores. After returning yesterday, Su Rui was greatly surprised. He thought he had finally figured it out and was ready to continue in the Wuxiang Sword Sect. Keep trying.
Seeing him looking lazy again, I thought the injury on his body was not healed, so I took the initiative to help him complete his daily chores. You must know that handyman disciples have fixed tasks every day. If they complete them, they will not be rewarded. If they fail to complete them, they will be punished.
The scale of punishment ranged from starvation to beatings and even expulsion from the sect. Cheng Ling left for a day and was lazy for another day. If he didn't have Su Rui's help, he would at least be beaten.
When they arrived at the handyman's office, they saw Su Rui struggling to carry a bucket. Cheng Ling hurriedly stepped forward to help, feeling secretly ashamed for a few seconds...
"How is your mother? Are you not leaving anymore?" Su Rui asked.
Cheng Ling said sadly: "My mother is dead!"
"Ah! How could this happen? Didn't I go well with you last time when I went to see my aunt?"
"She was seriously injured a year ago and has never recovered. She has no savings and no medicine to heal her injuries. As time goes by, she can no longer support her."
Su Rui patted Cheng Ling on the shoulder and said, "Hey, there's nothing we can do about it. Don't be too sad. Auntie will bless you!"
Cheng Ling squeezed out two tears and said, "Yes, I know too. I was so sad yesterday that I really didn't want to get up!"
"It's okay. If you're still sad, just rest for a few more days!"
"That's all, it's better to have something to do than to think about it!"
"That's right! By the way, if auntie is gone, then Chen Lei and the others will bully you even more. What should we do?"
"It's nothing. I met them yesterday and told him that from now on, he will take my mother's surname and change his name to Cheng Ling. He will have nothing to do with the Chen family anymore!"
"This... seems bad!" Su Rui said hesitantly.
"Since they don't regard me as a member of the family, there is no need for me to take their last name! That's it, don't mention this matter again!" Cheng Ling gritted his teeth and said bitterly.
"Okay then! We'll start recruiting disciples tomorrow. We'd better finish the work as soon as possible, rest early, and strive to become official disciples!" Su Rui said encouragingly.
The two boys chatted while working, but they didn't feel hard at all. While they were in full swing, an old man with gray hair and a slightly slovenly look came over and asked, "Which one of you is Chen Ling?"
Cheng Ling was stunned, who is this old man? I don’t know him! However, an old man took the initiative to ask. As a junior, you must be polite, so he slightly raised his hand and said, "Grandpa, I am Chen Ling, but now I have changed my name. I will be called Cheng Ling from now on."
The old man didn't care about this. When he agreed, he said, "I have a little game here that I want to play with you. Come on!"
After speaking, regardless of Cheng Ling's answer, he took out a large number of thin wooden sticks and laid out a rectangular pattern on the ground. After finishing the arrangement, he said, "I want you to move the two wooden sticks so that the pattern becomes three of the same size. Can you do it?"
Cheng Ling was speechless, old man, how old are you? Playing games with my little kid, is it Little Red Riding Hood and Grandma Wolf? Only when he laid out those wooden sticks did he realize that it was the young man who invited the elders to find a place yesterday.
However, I really don’t pay attention to stick games of this difficulty. Since I am still looking for abuse at such an old age, let’s satisfy him! He took action and moved the two wooden sticks, and the rectangle turned into a pattern of three squares.
The old man's eyes lit up and he added, "I'll make another pattern. You move three of them to change the direction." After that, he made another fish shape.
Cheng Ling took a look and moved three rods, changing the direction of the fish from left to right.
The old man continued to make a square and said: "Move two pieces to make two squares."
Cheng Ling continued to finish easily.
One old and one young, they were placed on the ground for several rounds, and Cheng Ling could easily change them. Later he became interested and said, "Grandpa, how about I give you a test?"
The old man's eyes became brighter and brighter. Seeing that he took the initiative to ask the question, he nodded in agreement.
Cheng Ling said: "I want you to use nine small wooden sticks to form four figures of the same size."
The old man began to think about it and tried various ways to put it, but after trying for a long time, he still couldn't complete it. Cheng Ling also lost the patience to wait, so he took the initiative to show off.
When the old man saw it, he was overjoyed and said, "Hey, why didn't I think of it? My friend, what other ways to arrange it are there? Can you show me some of them?"
Cheng Ling looked at his praying eyes and smiled inwardly. This old man probably didn't have a childhood. That's all, since he is so pitiful, let's just be satisfied for once!
In front of the old man, he made many shapes with small wooden sticks. Of course, these are all geometric figures and Arabic numerals, which people in this world may not be able to accept.
The more the old man looked at him, the more he became obsessed with it, and the excitement in his eyes became stronger. Later, he murmured: "This change can form the Kun hexagram, this is the Kan hexagram, what is this? It can be formed horizontally and vertically. Could it be the Nine Palaces?"
"No, this should be Nan Liusu and Bei Qisu. How can it change so much?"
He frowned and thought hard, just staring at the small wooden sticks on the ground. He didn't even know how Cheng Ling and Su Rui left!
"Cheng Ling, those patterns you laid out are so magical, how can they change so much?" Su Rui asked excitedly when the two returned to the dormitory. Today he has experienced that there are so many novel ways to play with those little wooden sticks.
Cheng Ling smiled calmly and said, "It's nothing, I just play when I'm bored!" With such a trick, any first grader on earth could pull it off, and he was really embarrassed to show it off.
But I never expected that in this world, people would be so addicted to this kind of little game. He was lying on the bed, thinking: I wonder if I can make a fortune by playing a few maze games? It would be better to live more comfortably in this sect.
If it is made, how should it be sold? Sales channels? And pricing? In this world, I seem to have never been exposed to the currency system. It seems that I need to understand these things first! He thought about it and fell asleep.
The next day, while still sleeping, Cheng Ling was woken up by a shaking. He opened his eyes with difficulty and saw Su Rui grabbing his arm and shaking him.
"Su Rui, disturbing people's dreams is a very hateful thing, don't you know!" Cheng Ling said viciously.
"Don't sleep, we will start recruiting disciples soon. We have to go to the mountain gate first. If we miss the time, we will have no chance!" Su Rui said anxiously.
Cheng Ling secretly sighed, this Su Rui was really persistent, but obviously the power of Duke Zhou was stronger in him, so he turned over and said vaguely: "You can go alone, I have a splitting headache, so I won't go." !" After saying that, he continued to sleep!
