Chen Yi drank the magic potion on the spot.
After the magic potion fell into the stomach, a moment later there was a burning sensation in the gastrointestinal tract, and the cheeks turned red. Immediately afterwards, there was a burning pain in the form of dots on the skin, as if feeling the pain that a leper could not feel due to the ulcerated skin. Chen Yi fell Sitting on the ground, all the sounds in my ears became illusive, and even my eyelids hurt! Unable to close or open, this torture lasted for a full minute. Chen Yi gradually lost his sense of pain. The numbing and tingling pain made people panic. The color in his eyes was illusory and his steps were frivolous. There was something faintly... surging in my stomach.
After a long time, Chen Yi gasped for air after her eyes returned to normal and the light regained.
"This illusory feeling... Chameleon blood is added to it? The skin is hot... Is it the liver of a six-legged toad?... Aren't these the ingredients for making a leprosy potion?" Chen Yi's mind was still confused and very confused. He quickly realized that this was not some kind of holy medicine, but some kind of magic potion.
Got cheated.
Even though Chen Yi was heartbroken about the five-yin reed, she was also sincerely happy.
He vaguely felt that the lights of the Torment Bell Tower were gradually burning.
"Are you okay, kid?" Suishan helped him up and asked.
"It's okay..." Chen Yi said.
"Look, the angel has warned another person, and he is a good person." The priest dipped his fingers into the remaining holy water and was about to wipe it on Chen Yi's head.
Seeing Chen Yi closing her eyes and receiving the holy water devoutly, the priest asked, "Child, tell me, what did you see?"
"To be honest, I saw my Lord. He was full of light." Chen Yi paused, raised his eyes and stared at the priest and said, "He said He would keep an eye on you."
I don't know why, seeing his mysterious smile, the priest's heart skipped a beat.
"The pagan gods will also favor that gentleman, and his Lord will keep an eye on him." Chen Yi blessed him with deep meaning.
The priest walked back to the warden, and the warden asked doubtfully: "What did he say?"
"Just... words of blessing." The priest paused and then said, "He said your Lord will keep an eye on you."
The warden was startled and scoffed.
One of the teachings of the Juwang Sect is to keep the body pure and not to teach vulgarity to pollute the soul.
"My soul has never touched money," the warden sneered.
.........
After repeatedly persuading Suishan to find a time next month to take his wife to the town, Chen Yi returned home just before the curfew. When he heard Hedwig complaining, he perfunctoryly lit the rush lamp, smelling the smell of burning animal fat. It is pungent, the nobles use beeswax, and the common people use rushes. In short, this is not an era of lack of light.
Rush lamps soaked in animal fat often produce thick fog when lit. Chen Yi opened the window to prevent the turbid smoke from lingering for a long time.
"I bought a lot of skins and am waiting to send them to the dye house tomorrow." Chen Yi cut off a piece of bread and soaked it in wine.
The water is not clean, and boiling water requires firewood. Soaking it in low-quality wine is the most economical option. Alcohol has a bactericidal effect.
Although it is a low-quality ale, the bread is soaked in it and the sour and sweet taste is actually good.
Hedwig nodded. She was very familiar with the routine process over the past few years.
Chen Yi wolfed down a piece of bread and quickly cut off another piece.
This slice was swallowed into my mouth not long after soaking it.
Seeing Chen Yi cut into another slice, Hedwig was startled. This was the third slice.
In her impression, a piece of this thick, unleavened bread would be very filling for her brother.
For some reason, my brother seems to be extra hungry tonight.
Maybe too tired.
When Chen Yi cut off the fifth piece, he put down the knife belatedly.
"I can't eat anymore." Chen Yi thought to herself, but her stomach still felt a little empty.
Chen Yi couldn't help but swallow the piece of bread.
There's something churning in my stomach, maybe gastric juices.
My stomach is a bit heavy, maybe I ate too much.
Chen Yi wrapped the bread and put it back in the cabinet, feeling inexplicably empty.
Hedwig wrinkled his nose and coughed twice, and Chen Yi came back to his senses.
"The lamp stinks too much. Go to bed early, brother." She said softly.
The rush lamps did stink when burning. Chen Yi was surprised that he could withstand the smell and ate them for so long.
Turning off the lights, Chen Yi climbed into bed.
Tonight is the last time this month that I can go to the Kingdom of God.
The excruciating pain reappeared, and the pain when drinking the medicine was nothing compared to it.
But this pain will not cause changes in the Bell Tower of Suffering.
Sitting on the throne, the bronze door held up by the invisible tower in the distance gives people a desolate touch.
Resurrection Town fell into sight.
Even after seeing it many times, the feeling of being able to tamper with everything is still intoxicating.
Morning Yi rises in the Bell Tower of Tribulation, with a full floor and a half of lights.
"...Why are there so many?" Chen Yi was confused. According to past experience, in today's situation, there is only half a level at most.
However, more is better.
Chen Yi did not think carefully and zoomed in on the perspective of Resurrection Town, and all the living beings who were looked down upon fell into his eyes again.
He first noticed Amy's grocery store.
In the bedroom with the fireplace burning, Grandma Amy is sitting on the bed, next to Mary, the eldest daughter-in-law of the family.
"It's okay, Mary, don't worry about me, the room is warm enough." The eldest daughter-in-law handed over a glass of milk, and Grandma Amy drank it slowly.
"Mom, will it be too cold at night when the fire goes out?" Mary asked worriedly.
"No, no, it's still very warm. I can't keep it warm." Grandma Amy laughed.
She put the wooden cup back into Mary's hand, and her upper body trembled.
Mary hurriedly held her arm.
Grandma Amy calmed down for a while and said softly: "Don't be nervous, Mary, it's just a burp that didn't come out. Go back to sleep, the store will prepare things for the market tomorrow."
Hearing this, Mary felt relieved, turned around and walked out of the room.
After her daughter-in-law's footsteps disappeared in the corridor, Grandma Amy grabbed the quilt and covered her mouth, suppressing her throat and coughing.
Even in the room where the fire burned, she still coughed.
Chen Yi was stunned as he watched all this.
Grandma Amy's body is not as good as she said.
After all, he is over eighty years old.
Chen Yi stopped at Resurrection Town.
Before punishing the warden, let’s focus on Grandma Amy first.
I heard her tell her uncle and aunt that she and her husband ran a grocery store for the first half of her life. Since her husband died early, with the idea of letting him go to heaven, she donated money to the church every year and distributed bread and firewood to the poor in the town. When the two brothers grew up and took over the store, they spent the rest of their lives walking around in various houses, working as matchmakers and delivering babies. Whenever someone died in a poor family, they would receive bread and salt from the grocery store.
People in the town said she could become an angel in the future.
She accepted it with a hearty smile, without any humility, and always said that she wanted to be angels with her husband from now on.
Chen Yi thought, until good deeds are rewarded, don't worry about anything else.
"I give you my blessing, Grandma Amy." He said.
After the imperceptible light fell, Resurrection Town returned to normal.
Grandma Amy felt a warmth in her throat, and the dry and spicy feeling that made her want to cough disappeared without a trace, and her breathing became smoother instantly.
Suddenly, her eyes were tired and she couldn't help but want to close them.
It has been many years since I felt sleepy like this.
The older the elderly, the less likely they are to have a good night's sleep.
Grandma Amy realized something. There were often rumors of miracles in this town, and it was a town favored by the gods.
"Praise you." She said softly and closed her eyelids.
She had a premonition of a good dream.
"Good night, Grandma Amy."
