Chapter 243

Deep within the peach forest, a pair of eyes slowly opened, their gaze piercing through the gale and flower petals to land on Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

In its eyes, the young man's figure and another figure were slowly overlapping.

The two of them were already extremely alike to begin with.

The greeting and tone from just a moment ago made it feel dazed, as if it had instantly traveled back to those years.

After so many years of self-suppression, it had long since blurred its own self-perception, yet its memories of that person had become increasingly clear.

Soon,

The wind died down, and the flowers fell asleep.

The previous intensity and the current stillness were both reactions to its inner emotions.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan turned his head to glance at Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You, who was standing below the dam, signaling that he could continue breaking ground on the Tai Sui's head.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You did not hesitate; he immediately ran back to the peach forest, picked up the Yellow River shovel, and continued digging.

This time, there was no wind to blow and no flowers to pelt him.

After digging for only a short while, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You heard the sound of a zither coming from deep within the forest, intermittent and hazy.

A You suppressed his own perception, having not the slightest impulse to go into the underworld to appreciate it, focusing solely on digging the pit to bury Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng.

The young man walked to his side.

"A You, make the pit a bit bigger."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You nodded immediately and said, "Don't worry, Hou Gege Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, I know Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng has a large build; I guarantee I'll bury him comfortably."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan continued walking inward; burying Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng here was only the first step, and if he wanted Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's healing effect to be better, he still needed that person to be willing to help voluntarily.

Interests in reality are meaningless to someone who is single-mindedly waiting for death.

Therefore, what he could give was only emotional value.

Walking to the deepest part, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan stood still and initiated the underworld journey.

The zither music instantly became clear; a graceful young gentleman sat under a peach tree, playing with abandon, the elegance tinged with boldness, the uninhibited nature flowing with romance, perfectly matching the lines:

I am a scholar of the mountains and rivers of the capital, destined by heaven to be carefree and wild.

At that time, Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao did not treat it as a true friend, but back then, being able to accompany Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao by his side was also a remarkable affirmation.

One must know that even for Sun Brother Baishen, who later established the Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Zhenjun system, Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao only interacted with him based on the thickness of the Buddha-skin paper; once the thickness was used up, he would leave immediately, unwilling to stay a moment longer.

For such a brilliant and talented figure to end up with such a fate, it truly makes one sigh.

Now, the reason it was playing the zither was because his greeting and the calling of its courtesy name had made it clearly recall its past in an instant.

It was immersed in this reminiscence, which was destined to be short-lived.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan leaned his body against a peach tree to the side.

The young man listened to the zither while thinking, thinking about what kind of reaction he should make next to allow the other party to reap the greatest emotional value.

Since it chose to revisit this memory, the Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao in its eyes must be in the period where his illness had not yet been cured... or even before he intended to treat it, a period of pure acting.

This was simple; Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan could easily enter the role and imitate it, after all, he was also a veteran actor, and he had seen the style of Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao's interactions with it in Sun Brother Baishen's memory, so he could naturally simulate Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Wei Zhengdao's performance style from that time.

Just like that, it sat there with its back to the young man and played an entire piece.

During this time, it had no communication with the young man, and Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan silently adjusted his dialogue response strategy in his heart according to the progress.

This could not be counted as deception, because no one could deceive it; this was its need, the young man and it were each taking what they needed.

Finally, the song ended.

Amidst the lingering notes, it placed both hands on the strings and asked:

"How is this piece?"

"Heh, average."

It laughed, then tilted its head back, letting the falling blossoms cover its Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face.

Over there, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You, who had just carried the heavily injured and unconscious Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng over, discovered that the bottom and four walls of the pit he had dug were all covered in peach blossoms.

When he placed Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng inside, the peach blossom mat actually rippled.

"Hiss..."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You withdrew his hand and looked down at his fingertips, which were reddened as if burned by fire.

This was baleful aura, an extremely dense baleful aura, transcending the resentment that ordinary dead-risers could condense.

Even though the peach trees nearby had been stripped bare into withered branches, peach blossoms still kept drifting over and falling into the pit.

At this moment, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng looked as if he were soaked in water, the water level gradually rising to submerge him completely.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, having ended the underworld journey, walked out and looked at Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng in the pit.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "Hou Gege Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, do we still need to fill it with dirt?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "No need, soaking like this is quite good."

The peach forest formed its own barrier, so there was no need to worry about being accidentally discovered by others.

The young man was very busy now; after returning home, his first priority was not to see the great-grandfather and A Li, but to treat the injuries of his partners and confirm the direction of their recovery.

Now, things were settled here with Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng; the baleful aura being dense enough to drip water was just an exaggerated rhetorical device in the past, but now it was a realistic depiction.

That person had done even better than he had expected.

Just as Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the peach forest with Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You, a sigh came from within the forest behind them:

"Sigh, it's a pity that you, after all, are not him."

It should have been a transaction where money and goods were cleared, but because the other party gave too much, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't mind giving the other party a little more.

The young man turned around, looked inside, and said:

"I am indeed not him, but you are still you."

"Oh?"

"Just as stupid, easily deceived and coaxed by anyone, taking everything seriously; your brain is already beyond saving."

Beside him, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's eyes widened, ready to activate the Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Zhenjun state at any moment to push Hou Gege Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan away first and stay behind to cover the retreat.

However, no roar or bellow came from inside, but rather a loud, hearty laugh:

"Hahahaha!"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You frowned slightly, only feeling that people who live a long time all have something wrong with their heads.

The Bai He Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi inside Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's body was greatly shocked, but unfortunately, the young man had given prior instructions, otherwise, he would definitely not have been able to stop his vertical pupils from flashing incessantly at this moment.

If he had had this ability back then, he wouldn't have ended up doing so poorly among the Guan Old Old Old Jiang Shou.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You sensed the Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi's excitement and asked in his heart:

"Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi, what's wrong?"

"Sure enough, when a smart person starts to flatter, it leaves no way for those who only know how to flatter to survive."

Returning to the dam, Xiao Xiao Yingying was waiting there holding Benben.

Benben stretched his neck toward the peach forest and waved his little hands, smiling very happily.

He could feel the joy there now.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan said to Xiao Xiao Yingying: "Prepare a more sumptuous offering table for it, and prepare a few more jars of wine."

Xiao Xiao Yingying nodded in agreement.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Do you have money?"

Xiao Xiao Yingying: "I do, Master Li gave me wages, and there's also the childcare fee given by the child's parents."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's gaze fell on Benben.

Benben had grown a lot; an infant's perception is often sharper than an adult's, and the smarter the child, the more so, so they could perceive that the "big brother" in front of them didn't like them, no matter how cute they performed.

Benben simply turned around and buried his head in Xiao Xiao Yingying's arms.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan reminded: "The child is hungry."

Xiao Xiao Yingying: "I'll go make milk powder right away."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Are those two not going to bother with this child anymore?"

Xiao Xiao Yingying: "I've always been the one taking care of him; they are busy trying for a second child every night."

Xiao Xiao Yingying lived on the first floor, and the Xiong Shan couple lived on the second; that couple's physical fitness was already far superior to ordinary people, and the commotion they made was very loud, disturbing even the dead-risers.

The day before yesterday, that old-fashioned wooden bed couldn't bear the burden and collapsed; the two of them simply didn't bother to replace it with a new one, and since the weather had turned hot, they just laid out straw mats in advance, which were bigger and more convenient.

In the past, when family resources were insufficient, they could only give everything good to their only child; now, seeing that conditions had improved, they had not only embraced the Long Wang family but also relied on the good fortune of the old Li family.

With conditions improved and being able to afford to raise them, they had to hurry and seize the time to have a few more.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Wasted effort."

The young man knew that it was impossible for them to have a second child.

It was they themselves who had gathered the merit of the river-walking onto this child, making this child different; plus, this child's name was chosen by Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, and he was usually placed in a cradle under the peach forest—the merit, good fortune, and destiny were too excessive, which completely squeezed out the possibility of "brothers and sisters" being born to share them.

The young man went upstairs and returned to the room where Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin was lying.

Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng had already prepared the materials needed for the formation, and Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't delay, starting to set up the formation in this room.

It wasn't a complicated formation; its purpose was only to draw out the excess ghost energy in Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's body to accelerate the recovery of his consciousness.

Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng gave Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You a look, and Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You made a "got it" gesture to Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng, signaling that her progress with Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng was going smoothly.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had set up the formation; the eye of the formation was his bronze mirror, using materials found on the spot, placed on a thermos.

When the formation began to operate, wisps of ghost energy were drawn out from Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's body, condensing into water droplets on the bronze mirror and falling into the thermos.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng, keep an eye on the time to change the thermos; don't pour the water inside randomly, it's best to use a baleful-breaking talisman to neutralize it."

Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng: "Can I keep it to make poison?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "You can. Also, you should stay here for this period of time; it's convenient to look after Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng and Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin."

Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng: "Okay, understood."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Also, is the mild poison I asked you to prepare for A You ready?"

Yin Meng: "It's ready. I had plenty of leftovers in the west room, and I was too lazy to bring them with me when I went out to travel the rivers."

Although Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's injuries were heavy, the problem was not significant.

However, on the way home, when Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan checked Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's physical condition, he discovered that the Qi stagnation in his body was extremely heavy; this was a side effect of the Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi helping him remodel his body.

Most of the time, the Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi was quite reliable, as he had rich experience after all, but there were some things he hadn't experienced, and the Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi would have oversights.

"A You, come to Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng's place every morning, noon, and evening, and let her help you scrape with the poison."

"Okay."

This job had to be done by Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng herself; the medicine couldn't be taken back to scrape by himself, because in the mild poison Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng spoke of, there was no guarantee that a major one wasn't hidden inside.

Therefore, every time during the scraping, the Gu insects had to be used to test the medicine.

This method could discharge the "fertilizer" accumulated in Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's body faster, accelerating the process of the Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi remodeling A You's body.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You stayed behind to experience his first scraping, and Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked out of Hu Zi's house alone.

Just after stepping out, he discovered that it had started to rain; the rain was not heavy, but fine and sticky.

This was not influenced by the one in the peach forest, but because it was Qingming.

Braving the light rain, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walked back, but he did not return directly to the Great Master's house; instead, he walked into Zhang Shen's small shop halfway.

"Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Hou, you're back? Your Great Master only said when he came to buy cigarettes from me this morning that you had gone out for an internship, and he didn't know how long it would take."

"Mm, I just got back."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan picked up the telephone and dialed a number.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin had a contact book there that recorded infrequently used contact methods; Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan felt it was troublesome to write them in a notebook, so he had borrowed it to flip through and memorized them in his mind.

It was also raining on the other end of the phone, and the footsteps of pedestrians outside the shop became even more hurried because of it.

The rainwater dampened the ground, kicking up a hint of a muddy, fishy smell; it wasn't unpleasant, but rather quite atmospheric.

Deng Chen held a cup of tea in his hand, drinking it while humming a small tune to the rhythm from the phonograph.

Ever since he entered the Long Wang sect, he no longer had to live that life of hiding and dodging, and the quality of his life had improved.

The phone rang, and Deng Chen answered it.

"Hello, this is..."

"It's me."

Deng Chen was so scared he almost spilled the tea in his hand; he immediately stood up and said respectfully:

"Please give your instructions."

If Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin had contacted him, he wouldn't have been this exaggerated, but the one speaking on the other end of the phone was that person!

"I'll give you one week to pack and organize. After one week, bring those three and come to Nantong together to see me."

"I'll arrive tomorrow, no, I can arrive tonight."

"One week later."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin still needed a few days to wake up, so there was no point in Deng Chen coming early.

"Understood, I will strictly follow your instructions."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan hung up the phone and was just about to pay the phone bill and buy some snacks when he heard someone behind him calling him.

"Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge!"

"Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge, you're back!"

Shitou and Hu Zi ran over.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan gave them the snacks he had chosen and also had Zhang Shen take out a can of malted milk and two bags of orange crystals, both of which were for brewing.

"These are for you, and please help me take these to Sister Sister Sister Sister Yingzi."

"Okay!"

"Guarantee the mission will be completed!"

Sister Sister Sister Yingzi was in the critical period of preparing for the college entrance exam, as for Pan Zi and Lei Zi... they had long ago given up on the college entrance exam and were just waiting to get their high school diplomas to find work.

The character of Shitou and Hu Zi was good; they wouldn't pocket the things. The bickering and various conflicts between the older generation had not affected the harmony between the next generation.

Zhang Shen smiled and said: "Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Hou is earning money at such a young age, oh, that's remarkable. When you go to sweep the graves, you must kowtow a few more times to the ancestors."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Mm, I will."

Zhang Shen was someone who could chat, and added: "Remember to kowtow a few times for your mother too."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Okay."

While walking home, across the wheat fields, he saw from afar a motorcycle parked on the dam of the Great Master's house.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had ridden this motorcycle; it had a police siren light hanging on it, and it was the mount Tan Tan Yunlong used when he worked at the township police station.

After he was transferred to Jin Ling, this motorcycle was left at home, so this must be Tan Tan Yunlong returning to his hometown to visit relatives.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan continued walking home; just as he left the village road and turned onto the path leading to the Great Master's house, he saw two figures by the river on the side of the road.

A girl wearing green clothes was squatting on the ground, gently stroking an injured little bird; it was Li Li Li Li Cuicui.

Standing next to her, wearing a white shirt on top and a horse-Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face skirt on the bottom, holding an exquisite oil-paper umbrella, was A Li.

A Li sensed it, turned around, looked at Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, and revealed a smile.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan also revealed a smile and took the initiative to walk over.

It must have been Li Li Li Li Cuicui's bitter pleading that made A Li follow her here to treat the bird.

Although Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan could see that A Li... didn't have much love for injured small animals.

But when he wasn't around, for A Li to be able to leave the house and come here, looking from afar like a normal young girl playing, was already not easy.

Li Li Li Li Cuicui, who was checking the bird's injuries, felt raindrops falling on her head; she looked up strangely, turned around, and saw Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan walking over.

"Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge!" After shouting, Li Li Li Li Cuicui looked at A Li again, deliberately making a long sound with her mouth: "Yo~"

The school wasn't like the village; the gossip wasn't that heavy, and plus Li Li Li Li Cuicui had skipped a grade, so the children in higher grades weren't interested in pondering those random things.

Therefore, Li Li Li Li Cuicui gradually became cheerful, and combined with the influence of those older classmates, she saw and heard many precocious things, which also led her slightly astray.

A Li handed the oil-paper umbrella to Li Li Li Li Cuicui; Li Li Li Li Cuicui took it, and then watched Sister A Li take the initiative to walk toward Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge, and the two stood together in the rain.

Li Li Li Li Cuicui used the oil-paper umbrella to shield the bird from the rain and suddenly felt that this injured bird didn't seem as pitiful as before.

"Let me check it."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan felt that he had been acting as a doctor all day today.

He bent down, picked up the bird to check it in his palm, and said: "The problem isn't big; just put it back in the nest and raise it for a bit, and it will be fine."

Li Li Li Li Cuicui pointed to the bird's nest above: "But, it's so high."

"It's okay."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan gently grasped the bird with his left hand, climbed the tree with one hand, and very quickly and steadily reached the bird's nest, putting the little bird that had fallen out back inside.

Going down was simple; he relaxed his body, used the friction of his shoes to slow down, and landed steadily.

"Wow, Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge is so amazing!"

It was hard to imagine that the young man who had been staring into the eyes of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva at the bottom of the sea not long ago was now being praised in the village for being very good at climbing trees.

Actually, sometimes Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan himself would feel that the version of him traveling the rivers and the version of him returning home were like experiencing two completely different lives at the same time.

He was like a kite; every time he was released, no matter how high or far he flew, he would look forward to the moment that pair of hands would pull him back.

"Let's go, let's go back."

Compared to the peaceful years on the phone end, inside the photo studio on the other end of the phone was a completely different scene.

In the dim washing room, Deng Chen reached out and slapped the back of his head; two eyeballs immediately detached from their sockets and fell, then were thrown by him into the chemical pool, manifesting the phantom of a two-headed python.

The other three tiny spirit beasts swam over, very expectant about what important news it was that required the python to go to the trouble of manifesting to tell them.

After the python notified them of the phone content just now, a total of four spirit beast phantoms all fell into a frenzy, as if they had started a pool party in this chemical pool.

Four consciousnesses excitedly crossed and cheered continuously:

"Our opportunity has arrived, the opportunity has arrived!"

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Don't panic, I'll make up the word count for today tomorrow.

(End of chapter)