After the brother and sister Xia Chengyi finished cooking a pot of dried bacon and bamboo shoots, Xia Yao ran into the inner room to rest, while Xia Chengyi packed up the dishes and moved the brazier to stay up late. Xia Chengyi looked up at the sky and the star curtain, the stars were shining brightly.
The young man had nothing to do, so he ran into the house and took out the rusty piece of iron that Xia Yao gave him, holding it in his hand and studying it carefully. The texture of the iron piece is extremely smooth, just like holding a piece of condensed jade, smooth and delicate. Xia Chengyi was very surprised. If there was anything different about this iron piece, the young man couldn't tell at all. It was no different from ordinary rusty iron pieces.
At this moment, the iron piece in the young man's hand suddenly rose up and flew in front of the young man with a whooshing sound. It was like a flying sword. The sword was majestic and powerful, and the sword tip was invincible.
The young man was frightened by the sudden movement. He thought it was a ghost, so he quickly shouted: "There is a ghost!"
Xia Yao was also awakened by the boy's movements, and walked out of the inner room in a daze, looking at the boy with sleepy eyes, "What's wrong, brother?"
"There's... there's a ghost!"
The young man still looked frightened. In fact, the young man had never seen such a strange scene. At most, he heard only a few words from the old people. He knew that there were monsters, monsters, mountain spirits, ghosts and kings on the mountain. Now he was really facing it. But he was still a teenager at heart, so he was naturally frightened.
Xia Yao frowned slightly and looked around but saw no sign of him. She asked with some confusion: "Where is the ghost?"
Xia Chengyi wanted to point the iron piece flying into the air to Xia Yao, but he found that the iron piece was lying quietly in his hand, without any of the rainbow-like momentum just now.
"Eh?"
Xia Yao yawned and glanced at the piece of iron in Xia Chengyi's hand, "Brother, are you staying awake for the rest of the year? Are there any ghosts?"
Xia Chengyi was undecided.
In the end, Xia Chengyi just thought that he was staying up late for the New Year, and Xia Yao continued to go into the house to rest. She would have to go to school tomorrow morning.
The piece of iron placed on the table trembled slightly when Xia Yao entered the room, as if seeing a god.
Xia Chengyi sat by the fire pot and muttered something: "The sky is clear and the earth is clear, and the gods and bodhisattvas are about to appear. You and I have no grievances and no enmity. Every grievance has its owner. You can go find the person who has the vengeance. I am here The temple is small and the Bodhisattva is small..."
The night is already dark.
The young man lit an oil lamp in the room, took out a yellowed book, and began to read according to the annotations on it. This book was brought back to him by Xia Yao from school. In Xia Yao's words, He said that as the number one wife in the world, what would happen if his biological brother was illiterate and couldn't read a word?
After hearing this, the young man just grinned and said, "What's wrong with being illiterate? Isn't it possible to teach an illiterate woman to become a wife?" Besides, your brother and I don’t know how to read. In the future, we won’t be going from Tianbadi to Tianbadi.
Seeing this, Xia Yao resorted to the trick of coquettishness. In the end, Xia Chengyi couldn't defeat Xia Yao and picked up this "Literacy Book". When he had time, he took it out and followed the annotations drawn by Xia Yao for him to learn to read and write.
Xia Chengyi flipped through this "Literacy Collection" page by page. As he read, he thought that if he had money in the future, he should buy Xia Yao a special bookshelf for private collection of books. Wouldn't this also reflect the woman's status as a wife?
But the young man felt a little sad again. If his parents knew about him, he would be very happy, right? It was not easy for the helpless young man to raise his sister alone since childhood, but the young man never complained at all. He was only afraid that his parents would worry about him and Xia Yao underground.
The brother and sister had a hard time when they were young, so Xia Chengyi's wish every year is to live a good life. The young man is not afraid of hardship, he is afraid of Xia Yao's hardship.
The young man is a very down-to-earth person, just as the young man would tell Zhong Quan sternly, he can still hold on to his one-third of an acre of land even if he can't practice.
A person lives one life, and there are all kinds of ways to live.
The young man lay on the table and read a book in a daze. He seemed to be sleeping but not sleeping, and seemed to be dreaming but not dreaming.
While the boy was sleeping, the yellowed book he held under his elbow suddenly burst into brilliant golden light, and the piece of iron placed on the table suddenly rose into the air, glowing with radiance.
Xia Chengyi seemed to have had a long dream. In the dream, he walked a long way, and the road was pitch black, with only the white glowing road under his feet extending out.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, at the end of the white light road, Xia Chengyi stepped out, and the sky and earth suddenly shone brightly.
A long staircase as white as a rainbow appeared in front of Xia Chengyi. The long staircase soared into the sky, shining brightly, containing a noble and pure aura of majesty. It was like a god in the sky, tall and vast, and the light it bloomed was dazzling. Xia Chengyi I tried to open my eyes but was stung so much that my eyes burst into tears.
"Xia Chengyi, open your eyes and take a look."
At this time, a warm voice sounded in Xia Chengyi's ears.
Xia Chengyi slowly opened his eyes and found that Mr. Lu, dressed in white clothes and snowy clothes, was standing beside him. His clothes were elegant, and his two snow-white sleeves were swaying in the wind, but his figure was ethereal, like a god.
Xia Chengyi asked blankly: "Lu...Mr. Lu?"
Lu Ran smiled warmly.
This was the first time Xia Chengyi saw Mr. Lu smile. In the young man's impression, Mr. Lu was a strict, old-fashioned, unsmiling teacher, but at this moment, Mr. Lu felt like a spring breeze blowing on his face.
For some reason, Xia Chengyi's anxious heart relaxed after seeing Lu.
Lu Ran said warmly: "Xia Chengyi, the road is at your feet. Don't miss this rare opportunity."
Xia Chengyi's eyes were blank, and then he shook his head, "Mr. Lu, I am stupid by nature and am not the material for cultivation. I'd better leave this opportunity to others."
Lu Ran smiled warmly and said: "Do you remember what I said to you that day? If God doesn't take it, you will suffer the consequences; if you don't succeed, you will suffer the consequences. You might as well try to take a look? If you really fail, then find another one. Others are."
Xia Chengyi scratched his head, "Then let's take a walk?"
Lu Ran responded with a wink and said humorously: "Then let's take a look!"
After receiving Lu Ran's instructions, the young man stepped up the steps, but he didn't expect that his legs were filled with lead and he was struggling to walk. The young man gritted his teeth and reluctantly took a small step and stepped onto the steps. When he stepped on the steps, the sky and the earth suddenly shone with light.
"Xia Chengyi, if you dare to take another step forward, you will never be reincarnated for the rest of your life!"
A voice passed through the layers of heaven and earth and sounded in the young man's ears.
And another female voice sounded above the clouds. Her tone was extremely aggressive, but her voice was particularly childish.
"Fuck you! Do you want to make one?"
This shrewd spirit is a bit like Xia Chengyi's daughter-in-law, Master Li from their small town. The young man couldn't help laughing and continued to take the second step upward.
A loud noise suddenly exploded between the heaven and the earth, like a drum beating by a god, and it was continuous.
The young man kept walking up, one step at a time, until he reached the end of the steps. Looking back, he saw that he had already walked thousands of steps.
A sigh came from heaven and earth.
And I don't know when Mr. Lu, who was dressed in white, was standing side by side with the young man.
The young man turned to look at the Confucian scholar in green shirt whose temples were as cold as snow, "Mr. Lu?"
The Confucian scholar in white, whose temples were as cold as snow, smiled and responded, "Yes."
"Mr. Lu, have I succeeded?"
"There's still one last step left."
I saw a small seal with shining light appearing in front of the haggard-looking Confucian scholar in white.
Lu Ran put his fingers together to form a sword, and used the sword energy to carve the word "benevolence" on the seal. Then he waved his sleeves, and the seal slowly fell into the young man's hands.
After doing all this, Lu Ran's face showed fatigue, but there was satisfaction in his brows. Lu Ran smiled happily and said, "I think this will be foolproof."
Xia Chengyi looked at the small and exquisite seal on his palm, which was no different from what he usually saw in the shop. Xia Chengyi was a little curious and asked: "Sir, is this?"
Lu Ran explained: "It's a little gadget. If you buy your favorite book in the future, you can stamp it on the tree."
Xia Chengyi said shyly: "Sir, you are joking. I am still learning how to read and write, let alone meet my favorite private collection of books."
Lu Ran laughed heartily, "It doesn't matter, as long as you have the will, nothing is difficult in the world. I'm afraid those who have the will will travel thousands of miles and read thousands of books."
Lu Ran remembered that when he was on a study tour, he had memorized a book over and over again, and even the pages were torn and torn, but Lu Ran couldn't bear to throw it away, because it was the only relic left to him by his husband in the world. Lu Ran missed his husband a little bit.
Lu Ran looked up into the sky and said loudly: "I am willing to admit defeat. Since I have lost, I will hand over another item to this young man."
The heaven and earth are silent and there is no noise.
Xia Chengyi was a little confused as to who Mr. Lu was talking to. There were only him and Lu Ran in the world, no one else.
Not long after, a cold snort sounded from heaven to earth, majestic and somewhat depressing and majestic.
A ray of silver light suddenly appeared, piercing the sky, and came suddenly with a rainbow-like sword light. A three-foot long sword floated in front of Xia Chengyi's eyes. Waves of simple and suppressed majestic sword intent came from the sword, and the sword body was glowing with silk threads. Cold light. Then another golden light flashed, instantly disappeared into the sword, and then disappeared without a trace.
Lu Ran shouted in a deep voice: "Xia Chengyi, reach out and hold it!"
Xia Chengyi instinctively stretched out his hand to hold the long sword. The long sword was as cold as an ice pick in his hand. If the young man hadn't been determined, he would have thrown it away long ago.
The young man was trembling all over and his teeth were chattering: "I can't cure you if I don't believe it!"
And the long sword also trembled.
The young man roared, staring fiercely at the sword in his hand, as if he wanted to smash it into ashes! The young man's palm was covered in flesh and blood, with bones visible.
After a moment, the long sword returned to its original state and fell into the young man's bloody palm. The young man held the hilt of the sword and waved the long sword gently. The sword light was like snow, dragging out a stream of silver light that flew out like a waterfall in the Milky Way.
Lu Ran smiled and joked: "Yes, you have the demeanor of a hero."
The young man grinned, and then a stinging pain in his palm still made him gasp.
