who is mentally retarded

The person who was secretly following Qing Shuqu and Fengxuan was hiding at the corner of the alley, when he saw the two of them stop suddenly, he poked his head out secretly to see what happened, but he didn't want her to be caught off guard the moment she poked her head out. Directly meet Feng Xuan's line of sight.

"Is there something wrong?" Feng Xuan's friendly smile and gentle voice comforted the frightened little guy who wanted to run away, and the other party hesitated for a while before walking out from the corner.

It was a little girl who was only twelve or thirteen years old. She was wearing a coarse linen skirt, which looked a bit strange. It should have been changed from the clothes of an adult man. There were two little buns tied on her head, and the two red hair ropes were slightly faded. , thin in stature, but very energetic.

The little girl seemed to be hesitating a bit, she clenched her fists to cheer herself up, then trotted up to the two of them, and suddenly knelt down: "I beg the two immortal elders to save my father!"

The sound of his knee hitting the bluestone slab made Qing Shuqu frown slightly, he rested his forehead and sighed, doesn't this little guy feel the pain?

Feng Xuan hurriedly stretched out his hand to help the little girl, but the other party seemed to be determined, no matter how much Ren Fengxuan tried to help her, he would not get up, Qing Shuqu pulled Feng Xuan back when he saw this, and said to the little girl: "If you If we don’t get up, we’re leaving.”

As soon as the words came out, the little girl immediately got up swiftly, and she begged in a flustered expression: "The Immortal Elder, don't go, I'm getting up, don't go, please!"

Qing Shuqu didn't answer, but just patted Fengxuan on the back, Fengxuan stepped forward and asked, "Little sister, we're not leaving, so can you tell me what happened?"

The little girl nodded quickly when she heard this, and replied: "My name is Xiaocao, and I live with my father near the woods in the south of the town. My father also contracted the strange disease that happened in the town, but my family doesn't have much money. , I went to ask the doctor and they refused to treat it. They said they couldn’t cure it, and they were worried about being entangled with bad things. After thinking about it, I felt that when the elders came to the town, they would definitely visit Mr. Li's house, so I stayed there, but I followed many elders and failed to keep up. I only met you two..."

After listening to Xiaocao's words, the two also understood that the little girl was also pitiful, and it happened that she was waiting there. Most monks were very proud of their cultivation, so they couldn't stand the belittling of others. They went to Li The original intention of the government was to solve these strange things, but they must have been very unhappy when they were scolded before even stepping in the door. At this time, they found a little ghost sneaking behind them. Naturally, their approach was to dump the other party directly. leave.

"Ah Xuan, let's go and have a look." Qing Shuqu said.

Feng Xuan responded, and then let Xiaocao lead the way.

On the way, Fengxuan chatted with Xiaocao for a while in order to make Xiaocao less restrained.

"Xiaocao, your father got your name?"

"Ok!"

"Why is it called that?"

"Because Daddy said that Xiaocao is easy to feed."

"This is definitely my dear father..." Qing Shuqu couldn't help but twitched the corner of his mouth when he thought of Wen Shi who had just given himself the word "qu" and then disappeared.

"No, Daddy is not Xiaocao's real father, I was picked up by Daddy from outside."

"Is that so..."

"Although Xiaocao is not Daddy's own daughter, Daddy treats me very well, so I must find a way to help Daddy heal his illness!"

"Xiaocao is really filial."

"Hehe~"

With the conversation along the way, Xiaocao was not so afraid of the two of them. When he arrived at Xiaocao's house, Xiaocao took Fengxuan's hand and trotted into the house.

Qing Shuqu silently followed behind the two, and also stepped into the small thatched hut.

As soon as the two of them entered the room, they saw the man lying on the bed and the strong death energy emanating from him, Qing Shuqu frowned, thinking that the situation of this man might be a little bit bad.

The man doesn't look old, he is estimated to be around [-] years old, but his skin is gray and blue, and there is still black air lingering on his seal, he has the appearance of death.

Seeing this, Feng Xuan couldn't help clenching his fist slightly, and his eyes were a little dignified.

"Master..." Feng Xuan turned his head to look at Qing Shuqu, "What do you think?"

"Stay here tonight," Qing Shuqu looked around the room, "find a safe place, and don't let Xiaocao out at night."

Feng Xuan said "yes", then turned his head to explain to Xiaocao, he touched Xiaocao's head, and said softly: "Xiaocao, we have something to do tonight, so you have to hide tonight, wait for everything I'll call you after everything is over, other than that, don't come out no matter what sounds you hear, understand?"

"Well, I will be obedient!" Xiaocao nodded, very well-behaved.

As the sun set, the sky gradually turned dark.

Feng Xuan arranged Xiaocao in the inner room, and pasted some evil talisman papers around her, and then left after repeated instructions.

Feng Xuan returned to Qing Shuqu's side, and turned his head to glance at the man on the bed: "Master, I have already placed the grass."

"Well," Qing Shuqu pinched a trick to conceal his body and breath, and then said, "Ah Xuan, what did you see?"

Feng Xuan replied, "I'm not sure about it either."

"But it doesn't matter."

"In my opinion, the look of this man's face should be due to the loss of essence. In addition to the previous rumors, people who die from this disease will turn into mummies within a moment. Based on this characteristic, I think it may be caused by gluttons."

"continue."

"Gluttony ghosts, although there is a word 'ghost' in their name, they are neither humans nor demons, nor ghosts nor demons, neither Dao nor Buddha, they are just evil creatures born of filthy and evil thoughts. Eat food, only prey on one mortal at a time, until the essence of this person is exhausted in the end, and the person preyed by gluttons will turn into a mummy after death."

Qing Shuqu nodded: "You are right, but these are all recorded in the book, Ah Xuan, do you know what the prototype of the gluttonous ghost is?"

"...The disciple doesn't know, so I ask the master to teach me."

"The prototype of a gluttonous ghost is nothing more than an evil thought in the heart of a mortal. But when this evil thought grows stronger and begins to absorb the dark emotions and malice around it, it will eventually transform into a gluttonous ghost. Therefore, it is easier to breed this kind of ghost on the battlefield or in a prison. If there is too much resentment against things or a certain place, the people in it will also be affected, and gluttonous ghosts will appear, which is somewhat similar to the inner demons of our monks, but one is tangible and the other is invisible."

The tone of the song in Qing Shu was flat, but Feng Xuan was shocked when he heard it. Gluttony ghosts are born of evil thoughts, but it is not a little bit of evil thoughts that can breed a gluttonous ghost, and the number he saw in his previous life was more than a dozen. !

"Master..." Feng Xuan was about to speak, but immediately stopped after realizing something, and at the same time, Qing Shuqu's expression became a little serious.

The moon is very bright tonight, and the moonlight shines in through the open doors and windows, illuminating the shadow that appeared out of thin air.

The shadow moved and slowly transformed into a figure.

The fist-sized head of an adult has no eyes, ears, and nose, only a big mouth full of fangs, a white streak on the sharp corner of the forehead, slender limbs with extremely sharp claws, a long and thin tail covered with barbs, and dark skin all over the body , is the gluttonous ghost.

After the gluttonous ghost showed its figure, it crawled directly to the side of the bed, and then stood up vigorously with its hind legs.

Qing Shuqu and Feng Xuan were beside the bed, they just concealed their aura so that the gluttons could not find them.

This gluttonous ghost is not strong, as can be seen from the white stripes on its horns, the stronger the gluttonous ghost, the more white stripes on its horns, but this one has only one white stripe.

Seeing that he could deal with it, Feng Xuan asked Qing Shuqu for orders, seeing that Qing Shuqu only nodded slightly, Feng Xuan moved his hand immediately.

Feng Xuan made a tactic with both hands, and the talisman papers that had been arranged in advance flew out from all around, trapping the gluttonous ghost in it in a blink of an eye. Seeing this, Feng Xuan raised two fingers of his right hand together, using his fingers as swords, and drew several swords Qi tightly surrounded the gluttonous ghosts.

The gluttonous ghost kept screaming, the sharp voice made people's ears uncomfortable, Feng Xuan looked at the gluttonous ghost rushing around, turned his head and asked Qing Shuqu: "Master, how to deal with it?"

Qing Shuqu pinched his earlobe, waved his hand and said: "Kill it, it's a disaster if you keep it, and it's too noisy."

Feng Xuan heard the words, with a movement of his fingertips, several sword qi directly twisted the glutton ghost into black air and dissipated in the air.

Seeing that Fengxuan's work was over, Qing Shuqu turned around and tapped the man's brow with his fingertips. After a while, Fangfang came to his senses, but his complexion was still gray, and the black air on the Yintang did not decrease.

After the man regained consciousness, he was stunned for a long time. It took him a long time to recover, and then his eyes were fixed on Qing Shuqu and Feng Xuan. When he spoke, his voice was a little hoarse: "The two are..."

Seeing that Qing Shuqu had no intention of answering, Feng Xuan took a step forward and replied: "Master and I heard about the strange things in the town, so we came here to investigate, and on the way we met Your Excellency's daughter Xiaocao, she asked us to save You, that's why we're here."

After the man heard this, there was no change on his face, he just said indifferently: "Thank you two elders, I don't know how Xiaocao is now?"

"Don't worry, Your Excellency, she is safe," Feng Xuan looked at the room inside and asked the man, "Do you want me to call her out?"

"Wait a minute first," the man sat up with difficulty, "I have something to ask the two elders."

"What's the matter?" Qing Shuqu opened his mouth at this moment.

The man cupped his hands to the two of them, and said: "Please take Xiaocao out of this town, you two elders. She is not from this place, so she shouldn't suffer this."

"What do you mean?" Feng Xuan asked slightly surprised.

Qing Shuqu also said: "Can you be more careful?"

"Cough cough!" The man coughed twice, his complexion turned pale, "You two elders, I can say too little, I can only remind you of one thing, no matter what the townspeople say, You two must not go near the abandoned house in Zhenxi!"

The two were puzzled, but the man didn't seem to want to say more. His complexion improved a little, but this was not a good thing. There will be a flashback before death, and the man's time is probably running out.

"Two immortal elders, can I talk to Xiaocao for a while?" The man seemed to realize that he couldn't last long, so he made this request.

Qing Shuqu nodded and asked Feng Xuan to call Xiaocao out.

As soon as Xiaocao came out, she jumped at the man and called "Daddy" happily.

Qing Shuqu and Feng Xuan walked out silently, leaving this last time to the father and daughter.

"Master," Feng Xuan couldn't bear to think of Xiaocao's happy smile just now, "Is Xiaocao's father really hopeless?"

Hearing this question, Qing Shuqu turned around and smiled helplessly: "Ah Xuan is indeed still a child."

"Master! I'm already 22!" Feng Xuan was a little dissatisfied.

"Master is 530 years old this year, in my eyes you are still a child," Qing Shuqu looked up at the night sky, and sighed softly, "Ah Xuan, being a teacher can really make Xiaocao's father live longer, But the other party is probably unwilling, do you think he had a sliver of hope that we can save him? Xiaocao's father knows a lot of things, I am afraid that these things make him feel that it is better to die..."

Feng Xuan lowered his eyes, seeming to understand.

"You will always encounter these things." Qing Shuqu walked up to Fengxuan and patted him on the back. At this moment, Qing Shuqu suddenly heard sobs coming from the room, and his heart skipped a beat. Tight, inexplicably recalling the situation in the secret realm a few years ago, when Fengxuan built the foundation.

The boy's unstoppable tears, and that sentence...

【It's great that you're still here...】

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【Small Theater·Interview】

47: Ah Xuan, you are so gentle to Xiaocao

Feng Xuan: Shouldn't you be gentle with girls?

47: That's what I said, but if you go on like this... Pills

Fengxuan: What do you mean?

47: Keke, you will understand in the next chapter

47: Ah Qu, tell me about your current mood

Qing Shuqu: You are so angry, but you still have to keep smiling