Rebirth of Enchantment

After trying several times, the little stone could not be transformed again, and the whole thing was very lost.

It leaned on Anan's body weakly, pretending that it was just an ordinary stone, not a refined stone.

Zhong Daonan saw that it was so funny, so he followed the little stone.Raising one hand to support the small stone, and circulating the true energy, when they returned to the shore, they were already dry.

Little Stone likes this feeling.

Follow Anan, don't look at anything, trust Anan completely.

It doesn't matter where Zhong Daonan takes it, because it knows that it can be at ease, and it likes the feeling of listening to Anan's footsteps attentively.Although Anan's footsteps are always very light, so light that if you don't concentrate on listening, you will hardly notice it.

If Zhong Daonan wanted to, he could naturally do it silently, but when he was with Xiao Shitou, he wouldn't do that.Because he knows how to make Xiao Shitou happy and how to make Xiao Shitou feel at ease.

Leaning on Zhong Daonan's small stone, he soon felt that Zhong Daonan had stopped. After waiting for a while, he slowly opened his eyes, only to find that Zhong Daonan was looking in a certain direction ahead.

Following Zhong Daonan's line of sight, Xiao Shitou let out a little surprise: "Isn't that old man?"

The river in Nianqing Mountain is probably because no one has been here for a long time. The surrounding weeds have no signs of being trampled or bent, and the only path leading to it is not clear.

Not far away, the old man who was brought back by them yesterday, still holding two buckets and a pole in his hand, walked step by step on the dense weeds, towards the direction of the river.

The expression on the old man's face was still faintly filled with indescribable distress, and his movements were still slow, as if every step he took was extremely heavy.

But no matter how slow he walked, he finally reached the river, and then he stopped, staring at the clear river in a daze.

Xiao Shitou looked at the old man, and felt a strange feeling in his heart again, "Why... there is a river here, but everyone is unwilling to come here to fetch water?" Even the old man who walked to the river seemed a little I don't look happy.Anan said that these people didn't dare, but...why didn't they dare?

Little Stone was wondering, when he saw the old man put the wooden barrel in his hand into the river to fetch water.

The clear river water was quickly poured into the wooden barrel, and at the same time, a koi carp that looked very familiar appeared out of nowhere, not far from the old man.

The koi poked its head out of the water slightly, and its two big eyes seemed to be staring at the old man.

When the old man filled the bucket with water and was lifting the bucket up, he suddenly saw the koi.In an instant, a horrified expression appeared on the old man's face. When he mentioned that the wooden barrel fell on the grass, the old man leaned back and was about to fall to the ground.

But this time the old man didn't fall to the ground, but felt someone help behind him, and then he stood firm.

The old man who stood still didn't turn his head to see who appeared behind him, but looked into the river first, and didn't see the fish sticking out of his head again, wondering if he was just dazzled, so he turned around Look, then he saw Zhong Daonan.

No matter how Zhong Daonan looked at it, he didn't look like a person who would suddenly help a fallen person, and naturally he didn't seem like a person who would suddenly give a stranger a lift with good intentions. After being slightly stunned, the old man followed Zhong Dao Thank you Nandao.

After thanking him, the old man bent down and picked up his wooden bucket, and bent over to leave.

Zhong Daonan didn't ask or stop him, he just let the old man leave at a faster speed than when he came.But after walking a few steps, the old man stopped and sighed, "Master...you said you were just passing through this place, and now it's dawn, so let's go. Nianqing Village and this Nianqing Mountain are actually nothing. Great place... and the river..."

The old man turned around, with a complicated look in his eyes, "It's better not to get close to this river, including the water in this river, and you must never drink it. That's all the old man said, son, leave quickly. You are a good person, and a good person should be rewarded." Instead of staying in a place like Nianqing Village...

After saying that, the old man left step by step.

Seeing his steps, he was a little panicked, and the direction he left was the way down the mountain.

When the old man left, the little stone asked in a low voice, "What does the old man mean by these words? The water in this river is very clear." The little stone didn't feel any problem either.

But the old man's attitude towards the river makes people feel that he is very afraid of the river.

Obviously, just yesterday, the old man said that the immortal is in this river.

When he got home, the exhausted little stone had already fallen asleep because the transformation had consumed too much real energy and energy.

Then Xiaoshi realized that he was dreaming again, but unlike the last time, this time Xiaoshi was very aware that he was dreaming.

He found himself standing on a small road, which was not very smooth and branched far away.The appearance of the village can be vaguely seen in the rear, while in the front, there is the faint sound of the gurgling river.

Xiaoshi looked down at the two huge wooden barrels in his hand, thinking that he seemed to be coming to fetch water.

The little stone in the dream had a human body, which made him very happy. He stood happily on the side of the road with a wooden bucket for a long time, thinking that Anan must be at home waiting for him to fetch water back.

He didn't know why he thought this way, but it was natural for him to have such an idea.And this thought made him very happy, as long as he thought that Anan was waiting for him at home, Xiaoshi could giggle all day long.

So the little stone happily came to the river, just like an old man in the daytime, he put the wooden barrel in the river, held the handle on the top of the wooden barrel, and let the river water fill the wooden barrel.

While watering, the little stone saw his own reflection in the river.

After noticing the reflection, the little stone turned his head in surprise, and the boy in the river also turned his head.He frowned, and the boy in the river also frowned.

As a stone, the aesthetics of a small stone is naturally somewhat different from that of a human being.

In his eyes, there is not much difference between all human beings, but when he saw Zhong Daonan, he could feel that Anan was different from others, and he also felt that Anan was very beautiful.

Although Anan is not as round as a stone, nor as thick as a stone, nor as crystal clear as a jade, but... Anan is just beautiful!Although he can't tell where it looks good.

But as long as he looks at Anan, Xiao Shitou will feel that Anan is good-looking and gentle, especially when Anan is smiling, it makes him jump for joy.

Looking at the slender young man in the river, Xiaoshi put the bucket filled with water aside, raised his hand to stroke his black hair, looked at his slender wrist, and sighed a little worriedly.

Anan told Xiaoshitou that Xiaoshitou would be the most beautiful one in the world after he took shape.

But Xiao Shitou looked at the reflection in the river by himself, but still felt that he was not good-looking.He's too thin and has shrunk in size.Although the skin on the outside has turned white a lot, his only "sturdy" advantage seems to be gone.

When I touched my skin, it turned out to be soft!

In the past, he thought that if Anan was injured, he could use his hard body and bulk to protect Anan, but now he is fine, his bulk is gone, and his body has become soft.

What should I do!

As a human being, Anan's chest is not as hard as a stone, but his chest is still warm and thick, and it is also relatively hard, so it is very comfortable to lean on.When Xiao Shitou didn't take shape, he always dreamed of becoming like Anan.

He needs to be tall, with a strong body, and it would be better if his skin becomes whiter, as white and clear as the jade seat in the yard.He must be the most beautiful of all the stone spirits, not even the beautiful jade.

result……

As a result, Xiao Shitou looked at himself in the reflection and became worried, so worried that he forgot that he was dreaming.

The worried little stone blinked suddenly, and stared at his own reflection, always feeling that something was wrong with the reflection, but he couldn't see clearly.

I only felt that part of the reflection had deepened a lot, and the small stone stretched out its hand strangely, wanting to touch the river surface to determine what happened.However, when his hand was about to touch the river, a fingertip that was pale to slightly bluish-blue stretched out from the river, and then touched the fingertip of the small stone.

A small stone is a stone, and the temperature of the stone itself is always cold.

If the temperature outside is higher, the temperature of the stone will also rise accordingly, and if the temperature outside is lower, the temperature of the stone will also decrease rapidly.

Xiaoshi thought that he should adapt to the temperature very well, but when he touched that pale fingertip, Xiaoshi felt as if he was frozen by the icy icy of the twelfth lunar month, so cold to the bone, probably so. And the feeling of freezing into the bone marrow quickly spread from his fingertips to his body.

Little Stone suddenly retracted his hand, but when his hand was only half received, the hand in the river grabbed his wrist.

Xiao Shitou's wrist was frozen to the point of being unconscious.

It's very strange, Xiao Shitou should be panicked, but he feels calm in his heart.He stared wide-eyed at the hand protruding from the river, and a head with long white hair like bitter wormwood protruding out of the river.

How would you describe the face that appeared above the water?

It should be an extremely gentle and beautiful face, but the skin on that face is the same as the pale and dull blue hand, it is the kind of color that makes people feel lifeless.

The skin on the face is not smooth and tender, it is mottled like a wall that has not been repaired for a long time, it seems that with a little force, the skin will crack and fall off little by little.

And those eyes...

The closed eyes opened little by little under the watchful eyes of the little stone.

Nothing could be seen in the pitch-black eyes, but Little Stone knew that the owner of those eyes was watching him, as if he was watching him.

A strange familiar feeling suddenly appeared in Xiao Shitou's heart. The familiarity came so suddenly, Xiao Shitou was even inexplicable, but he looked into those eyes and couldn't help feeling sad.

Xiao Shitou couldn't help calling out: "Qing..."

At the same time as the little stone uttered this sound, a thick blood-like tear streak suddenly slipped out of the dark eye sockets of the head sticking out of the river.

"Woo... head..." The head opened its mouth, and spat out each word with difficulty in an extremely dry and unpleasant voice.

Xiaoshi felt as if he had suddenly become a third-person perspective, so he floated aside, looking at himself squatting by the river with tears all over his face, probably because of his dream, those tears did not become Stones, they flowed non-stop, down his cheeks, fell from the edge, and finally hit the back of the blue hand that was holding his wrist.

Sad and painful feelings filled his heart, and those emotions that were not inferior to him made Xiaoshi very uncomfortable, but he couldn't resolve it.

"clear……"

"clear……"

Like a long-lost lover, the "little stone" on the bank softly called the name of the person in the water, and leaned his body into the river.And the head in the river just looked at the "little stone" on the bank with those dark eyes that could not see any emotion.

Just when "Xiao Shitou was stroking the long white hair of the head in the river with the other hand, the head said slowly, "Why...you...betray...me..."

When these words were spoken, the little stone became dizzy for a while, and returned to the body of the bank again, and the clear sky around him suddenly turned into a pitch black color.The wind blowing from nowhere, also became icy cold, biting into the crevices of human bones.

The river is gone, the grass is gone, the trees are gone, the sun is gone, and even the hand that has been holding the small stone's wrist is gone.

Standing in the darkness, Little Stone couldn't see anything, and didn't know where to go, only the cold wind was blowing on him.

These winds are not the same as those winter winds that Xiaoshitou experienced on the mountain before. They are not so harsh, but it makes Xiaoshitou feel uncomfortable as if he is about to be blown apart.

Xiao Shitou looked at the pitch-black surroundings, sniffled, and felt a little sad, "It would be great if Anan was here."

Xiao Shitou really wants to wake up now, as long as he wakes up, Anan will be by his side, but he finds that he doesn't know how to "wake up".

Little Shitou was a little scared in his heart, but he didn't wander around, because when Anan found him last time, he had said a word to him.

"If the little stone is lost, as long as the little stone stays where it is, Anan will definitely find it soon."

Thinking of these words, Xiaoshi tightened the thin clothes on his body, and didn't walk around, just shrank in place.

Xiao Shitou believes in Anan.

Xiao Shitou believes... Anan will definitely find him, no matter where he is.

In the darkness, it feels really bad to be alone, as if there is only one left in the whole world.The only sounds in his ears were the whiffs of wind, and those winds seemed to be slowly creeping into his bones.And in such an environment, it's really easy to think about it for a long time, and even have some doubts about whether I really exist.

Little Stone didn't know how long he stayed in this darkness, and later, he couldn't feel the difference between cold and warm.

until……

Until a pair of arms encircled him from behind him, warm chest against his back, warm cheek against his face.

At this time, Xiao Shi finally found himself completely stiff, sighed and murmured: "A'nan..." It's so warm and comfortable...

Anan...

Finally found him.

"Have a good rest... I'm here." Zhong Daonan whispered in Xiao Shitou's ear, upon hearing this, Xiao Shitou showed a small smile on his already stiff face, and fell asleep so peacefully past.

Zhong Daonan hugged the thin little stone in his arms, looking down at the relaxed little stone.

Although Xiao Shitou fell asleep, his white fingertips were only holding onto Zhong Daonan's skirt, his cold face pressed against Zhong Daonan's chest, his crouched posture was full of dependence and nostalgia.

Zhong Daonan adjusted a posture that would make Xiao Shitou feel more comfortable, and just hugged him and began to walk forward in the darkness.

The darkness was divided under Zhong Daonan's feet, as if there was light chasing behind him, separating the darkness for Zhong Daonan.

When the light fell here, the originally icy wind began to disappear, and the darkness also avoided it.

Those lights paved the way ahead, and Zhong Daonan followed the direction of the lights all the way forward. He didn't walk very far, and a very beautiful pond like a jade carving appeared in front of him.

The pond is not big, and it is full of beautiful lotus flowers. Some of the green lotus leaves float on the water surface, and some stretch out above the water surface.

Although there is no wind, these lotus leaves seem to be blown by the wind, shaking slightly.

Looking at the extremely crystal clear koi with one scale, it leaned out from under the lotus leaf, swung its tail and swam over.

This is a very delicate small lotus pond, but it makes people feel very lonely, probably because there is only one fish in this lotus pond.And the appearance of this fish is red and white, which is very cute, just like the fish that hit the small stone.

Zhong Daonan stood by the lotus pond, looked down at the koi in the lotus pond for a long time, and said softly, "I found it."

Xiao Shitou always sleeps very soundly in Zhong Daonan's arms.

Xiao Shitou, who woke up naturally after sleeping, looked at Zhong Daonan who was next to his pillow, and wanted to get into Anan's arms happily, but when he rolled... he pressed half of Anan's body under the huge stone.

Little Shitou was stunned for a moment before he remembered that it was transformed before falling asleep, but it changed back every so often.In the dream, it is also the appearance of a human being, but that is only in the dream.

The small stone in reality is still a huge stone with sharp edges and corners.

Xiaoshi pursed his mouth and rolled back silently.

However, Zhong Daonan, who was lying beside Xiaoshitou, hooked his lips, turned slightly, and whispered in Xiaoshitou's "ear", "Are you awake?"

The originally slightly depressed mood disappeared, and Xiao Shitou only felt his little heart beating wildly, and the whole stone began to feel hot.

"Ah... Ah Nan..." Little Shitou, who had just woken up and was confused by Zhong Daonan's slightly lazy whisper, didn't know what to say. After calling Zhong Daonan's name, he didn't know what to say.

Do you want to protest Anan talking in its ear?

Actually... In fact, Xiaoshi still likes this kind of feeling very much!It's just that every time I feel like I have a rabbit in my arms, I don't know what to do.

The flustered Xiao Shitou who was teased by Anan smirked for a while, and was taken by Zhong Daonan to the yard and placed on a jade seat. After a while, Xiaoshitou found that Anan's actions today were a little different from usual.

Xiao Shitou watched curiously that Anan had set up a shelf in the yard, with a fire pile under it.

The shelf is not ordinary firewood, and the fuel of the fire is naturally not ordinary fuel, and the small stones can feel the spiritual power contained in it.It watched Anan busy for a long time, and asked curiously: "Anan, what are you going to do?"

Zhong Daonan stopped what he was doing, and said, "Today... I will make you something to eat."

"Cook me something to eat?" Xiaoshi was very surprised.

As a stone, the little stone never knew what it meant to eat, and it didn't need to eat anything.It's just that after regaining consciousness, Little Stone can vaguely feel that something in the air is what it needs.After being taken to Shijue Peak by Anan, Xiao Shitou realized that the thing he likes is called aura, and the aura on Shijue Peak is very abundant.

But even if it is spiritual energy, little stones will rarely take the initiative to absorb it.

Even when taught by Zhong Daonan, Xiao Shitou always half-understands and half-understands. Now, those auras have entered into its body very naturally. As for why, Xiao Shitou thinks it's because Anan keeps reading to it. For the sake of it, as for itself...it doesn't feel like it has done anything.

So, so far, Xiaoshi has only "eaten" spiritual energy, and he has never eaten food that can be eaten.

Zhong Daonan, under the curious gaze of the little stone, waved his hand, and a fresh fish appeared on the wooden board beside him.

The red and white fish is very beautiful, and when it is in the water, it moves very flexibly.But out of the water, the fish can only keep flapping its tail and knocking on the wooden board.

Seeing that the wooden boards were being knocked non-stop by the fish, it took a while for the little stone to speak slowly, "...you have so much strength."

but……

"This fish looks familiar?"

Xiaoshi stared at the fish that slapped its tail and jumped up for a while, and the more he looked at it, the more it looked familiar, especially the fish looked strong no matter what, but Xiaoshi soon remembered that he was He had just turned into a shape before, but he changed back to his original shape and collided with a fish.

"Ah! So it's that fish!" Xiao Shitou suddenly realized.

"Not exactly," Zhong Daonan said, still busy with the things in hand, "The fish in the river before was not itself, but this fish is indeed different. If you eat it, your spiritual power will increase a lot Less." The most important thing is that if you eat a small stone, you will be able to transform into form more easily.

"That... is that... delicious?"

When Xiao Shitou heard that he was going to make such a lively fish for himself, he felt very happy in his heart. This is Anan who wants to make fish for it by himself~ At the same time, he felt a little strange and didn’t want to eat it .

"Is the fish delicious?" Little Stone asked, "What does the fish taste like?"

Zhong Daonan stopped what he was doing, turned his head slightly to look at the small stone, and slightly curled his lips, "...it should be delicious."

Zhong Daonan has long forgotten what the food tastes like.

Counting the time of his cultivation, the current body is only a few hundred years old, but Zhong Daonan's soul has spent an even longer time.

Since he started cultivating Taoism, he ate less and less food. When he entered the bigu period, he never ate anything except bitter medicine.

So what does food actually taste like...

If you haven't eaten for too long, you won't think about eating.After entering the bigu period, the attachment to food becomes weaker and weaker.

Unless there are food cultivators who specifically want to find the rules of heaven through food, cultivators seldom eat because they want to taste. Generally speaking, cultivators will eat something just because it is harmful to them. The cultivation base is beneficial.

After meeting Xiao Shitou that year, Xiao Shitou worried about what Zhong Dao Nan wanted to eat.

Because in Xiaoshi's view, human beings have to eat, and those who don't eat will starve to death in the end.

Back then, the little stone took human form in the world, but the world was not completely peaceful.Even in countries where the country is peaceful and the people are safe, there will be situations where people starve to death on the side of the road.

Little Stone has seen humans starve to death.

So after Xiao Shitou found out that Anan didn't eat much on weekdays, he spent a lot of effort in order to let Zhong Daonan eat something so that he would not be "starved to death".

As a cultivator, Zhong Daonan saw those actions as really unnecessary.

How can a cultivator who has already bigu need to eat?

But looking at Xiaoshi so earnestly wanting him to eat something, so earnestly worrying about his body, he was afraid that Zhong Daonan would starve to death because he didn't eat.

Zhong Daonan couldn't help but indulge Xiao Shitou's foolish behavior.

Then he ate little by little what the little stone made for him.

To be honest, things made of small stones are really not tasty.After all, as a stone that doesn't need to eat, cooking is just something that humans have done and knows how to do. As for the taste...it's really creative and wonderful.

Zhong Daonan's ability to eat without changing his face is also a sign of extreme endurance.

At that time, Xiao Shitou would always show a very satisfied and happy smile after watching Zhong Daonan eat the food. If Zhong Daonan could praise Xiao Shitou...

Thinking of Xiao Shitou's smile, Zhong Daonan couldn't help but soften the expression on his face, and the gentle waves in his eyes could even make people drunk to death inside.

The little stone being looked at by Zhong Daonan had no idea what Zhong Daonan was thinking, but it was watched by Zhong Daonan's extremely gentle and intoxicated eyes, and felt his body was uncontrollably hot.

Xiao Shitou, who was completely at a loss, stammered, "Then...the...fish...is the fish delicious...do you want to eat it?"

Zhong Daonan came back to his senses, blinked his eyes, and took back all the memories in his mind, "I will make delicious food." Although he has never made food, I believe he can do it well.

Xiao Shitou looked to the left and then to the right, but he didn’t dare to look at Zhong Daonan. Anan’s gaze really made him shy, and then Xiao Shitou’s eyes were attracted by the fish on the ground, "That...that fish... ...Are you crying?"