The villain is ill

After the carriage entered the city, it walked for a long time, and gradually turned into an alley. The uneven brick floor was pressed by the wheels and made an overwhelming sound of friction.

After all, Chu Mo stopped his pen and opened the curtains of the car to look out.

The scenery is still the original scenery, the bricks and tiles have not changed, only the ivy facing the street has changed into a creeper, climbing up the roof of the stone wall, showing the greenness with its teeth and claws.

The carriage stopped slowly, and Wang Er looked around, but he didn't think there was anything special about this slightly crude alley, which could attract these two adults with extraordinary backgrounds, but he didn't say much, just Jumped out of the car and greeted: "Master, young master, we're here."

Chi Wushang got off the station at the door, and Chu Mo opened the curtain when the car stopped, and jumped out of the car when he heard the words.

This small courtyard is not anywhere else, it is the one where Chu Mo and Yang Jinxiu lived more than ten years ago.

Chu Mo looked over carefully, except that the moss on the stone platform outside the door was more lush, everything was the same as before, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Chi Wushang.

Chi Wushang was handing a piece of silver to Wang Er, "Change the carriage to a bigger one, and the rest is up to you, go ahead..."

Wang Er took the money and thanked him a lot, "Thank you, master, I'm staying at the Xilai Hotel in Xi'er Hutong, just call me when you want to leave."

After Wang Er left, Chu Mo asked, "Master, is this yard?"

Chi Wushang didn't answer, just smiled and said: "Go in and have a look."

When the rough wooden door frame was pushed open, it made a creaking sound, which was very familiar to his ears. Chu Mo lowered his eyes to look at the fallen leaves on the ground, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the peach tree in the courtyard. , it has grown a lot, and many reddish fruits are exposed among the lush branches and leaves.

But what surprised Chu Mo was the swing hanging from the peach tree leaves.

However, compared to the simple swing with hemp ropes and wooden boards, this swing is obviously much more comfortable. It is not a light blue rope made of any material, as if it grows on this tree, and it looks very soft. Incomparably harmonious.

Everything is the same as before, and everything is different.

Chu Mo suddenly smiled, "Thank you, Master."

He understood why Chi Wushang's first stop was here.

It is not enough to rely on comprehension alone in practice, there is also state of mind.

Although Chu Mo's heart is more mature than his peers, and he has experienced more, but this is also the case, which makes it easier for him to fall into misunderstandings. His childhood experience is a knot in his heart that he can't erase.If you can't get over it, if you can't let it go, it is easy to breed demons.

It can be seen from the swing that Chi Wushang did not intend to erase Chu Mo's knot in his heart, but just to give him a reminder so that he can wake up himself.

It is precisely because of this that Chu Mo can better appreciate Chi Wushang's good intentions.

"You and I, master and apprentice, don't need to thank you, this is what a teacher should teach." Chi Wushang smiled, "Go in."

In the next two days, Chu Mo took Chi Wushang through every street in Qicheng.

Finally walking to Beicheng, the sky was getting dark at this time. Standing on the slightly deserted street, Chu Mo said, "My brother and I got lost on this street."

Chi Wushang took Chu Mo's hand, drew a few lines on his palm, and said: "This person is fine, and I will meet you in the southeast in the future."

Chu Mo smiled when he heard the words, "Thank you, Master."

Chi Wushang rubbed Chu Mo's head with his palm, and said with a smile, "Can you rest assured now?"

Chu Mo asked: "Master, can you still tell divination?"

"It's not proficient, I learned some from my master when I was young." Chi Wushang said, "If I want to learn, I will teach you after returning to the sect."

"Okay. But your hand should be put down." Chu Mo took off Chi Wushang's hand that was making trouble on his head, and continued to walk forward. Suddenly, he looked back at Chi Wushang and frowned, "Master ?”

"Huh?" Chi Wushang was regretting that the child would not be allowed to touch his head when he was older, and he also looked at Chu Mo when he heard the words, "What's wrong?"

Chu Mo said, "Come here."

Except for Chu Mo, no one has ever dared to speak to Chi Wushang in such an orderly tone, but Chi Wushang was not angry at all, walked up to Chu Mo obediently, and asked in a good temper: "Is there something wrong, apprentice? "

Chu Mo observed up and down for a while, his expression became serious, and finally even compared with his hands.

Chi Wushang saw that he was serious, and stood up very cooperatively. He didn't follow up until Chu Mo stopped his movements and turned around to continue walking. "What's the matter? You're so happy all of a sudden?"

Hearing this, Chu Mo came to his senses and said, "I'm not unhappy, I'm just a little confused."

"What doubts do you have? Would it be good for me to explain it for you?" Chi Wushang said.

Chu Mo walked a few more steps, seemed a little hesitant, and said after a while: "I have been in seclusion for two years after I established the foundation, and the theory says that I should be eighteen this year."

Chi Wushang smiled and said: "Naturally so, what doubts there?"

"But I..." Chu Mo looked at Chi Wushang, then at himself who couldn't see enough of his shoulders, and continued to make gestures, "I don't seem to have grown any taller in the past two years."

"Pfft..." Facing Chu Mo's gaze, Chi Wushang suppressed his laughter and said, "Well, it usually takes several years to decades for ordinary cultivators to build a foundation. It will adjust itself to the optimal state, and it will not change again.”

Seeing that Chu Mo didn't speak, Chi Wushang comforted him: "You don't have to be depressed, you are now in the body of a fairy bone, and your practice is advancing rapidly. When you give birth to a baby, you will reshape your Tao body, and then it will just grow taller."

At this moment, Chu Mo asked suddenly: "A few years ago, you asked me to chop stones, is it for this reason?"

"The disciple's comprehension is better than the master's expectation."

Chi Wu still didn't answer the question, but what he meant was self-evident. Chu Mo glanced at him, turned and walked towards another street.

Chi Wushang rushed to catch up, "Master made a mistake, don't be angry, disciple."

Chu Mo was just a little puzzled at first, and he was not obsessed with his height. He was not angry when he got the answer, but now he was a little nervous when he saw Chi Wushang, but he found it interesting, so he ignored him and just walked forward. After walking two steps, he was suddenly blocked by a figure.

It was a middle-aged man in his forties, his dark face was full of deep signs of aging, his fingers were rough and chapped, but they were washed very clean, and the straw handle in his hand was filled with bright red candied haws. He grinned his big white teeth, "Young master, do you want to string candied haws?"

"How to sell?" Chu Mo asked.

"Two coins a string." Hearing Chu Mo's question, his smile became more attentive, "My candied haws are all freshly picked hawthorn fruits today, and the boiled rock candy is the best, so sweet."

Chu Mo said with a smile: "But I remember that the hawthorn is only ripe in September, and it is just blooming now."

The man's smile froze, "Isn't it? I'm Zaozi. If you don't believe me, go out and ask. My hawthorn is already ripe in Qicheng. I see that the young master has a good eye, and I will send you a bunch of them for you to taste."

After finishing speaking, he took the next string and handed it to Chu Mo, then turned around and left.

Chu Mo looked at the candied haws in his hand, and it was indeed fresh.

At this moment, Chi Wushang's voice came, "Was that just now?"

"Seller of candied haws." Chu Mo turned to look at the oiled paper bag in Chi Wushang's hand, "This is?"

"Jujube flower cake, just now I saw it was sold on the street, so I went to buy some." Chi Wushang handed the oiled paper bag to Chu Mo, and took the candied haws in his hand, "Huh?"

"What?" Chu Mo asked.

Chi Wushang asked: "What does that person look like?"

After describing the appearance of the candied haws seller, Chu Mo saw that Chi Wushang shook his head, and hurriedly asked, "But what's wrong with this candied haws?"

Chi Wushang smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's very fresh, it's just picked fruit."

That is, there was something wrong with that person just now. Chu Mo is not surprised that Chi Wushang discovered something abnormal. From the contact just now, he had already realized that something was wrong with that person. , And those eyes should not be the eyes of a man forced by life. When he looked at himself, the eyes were very complicated, not like a stranger at all.

Just as Chu Mo was thinking, Chi Wushang put away the candied haws, then took out a blue and white porcelain bottle and threw it to Chu Mo.

Chu Mo looked at the bottom of the bottle, and saw a small label on it with the words "Yi Rong Dan" written on it, and couldn't help but look at Chi Wushang, "Yi Rong Dan?"

Chi Wushang said: "The apprentice is more popular than the teacher, and the teacher is jealous, so he wants the apprentice to change his appearance."

Chu Mo: "..."

Perhaps it was because of Chi Wushang's aura that even if he was smiling all the time, others would not dare to approach him, but Chu Mo was different. He was good-looking, young, and seemed to have a good temper. In the past two days in Qicheng, I don't know how many girls threw fruit handkerchiefs at him openly and secretly.

Chu Mo had no doubt that if he stayed in Qicheng for another two days, the proposer would probably come to his door. Thinking of this, the bottle in his hand tightened, "Master, let's set off early tomorrow morning."

Early in the morning of the second day, the two set off, passing through the mausoleum city. After being destroyed by the demon cultivator that year, the mausoleum city has now been rebuilt. After paying homage to the old beggar and Yang's couple outside the city, they set off again.

Just as Chi Wushang promised, in the next few years, he took Chu Mo through the noisy streets, saw the quiet countryside, slept in the forest, played in the yellow sand in the desert, and picked the snow lotus on the top of the snow mountain , Traveled all over the rivers, lakes and seas, everything that was written or not written in the travel notes, I took Chu Mo to appreciate it.

Finally, the two came to the gate of Fengcheng, and Chu Mo looked up. The gate was more primitive than before, and the guards who had driven them away outside the gate had already changed their faces.

"Do you want to go in and have a look?" Chi Wushang asked.

Chu Mo shook his head, "No, let's go."

To the southeast of Fengcheng is Hulingzi Mountain. Chu Mo took Chi Wushang into the mountain and introduced, "This is Hulingzi Mountain. Master, look there is a small village over there. When I ran down the mountain, I was caught there before." Grandpa picked it up."

Chi Wushang looked over and saw that there were indeed a few small shacks in the ravine in the distance. After all these years of wind and rain, the houses in the uninhabited village had already collapsed, and the original appearance could not be seen. "Go and have a look."

Originally, Chu Mo didn't want to go down to see it, but after hearing what Chi Wushang said, his heart moved, and he turned around and went to the village.

The small village is overgrown with grass and trees, and there is a faint smell of decaying thatch. The crickets lie in the depths of the grass and call, and they stop when they hear someone.

Chu Mo pointed to an open space at the entrance of the village that was covered by weeds. After pushing away the grass, he could still faintly see some rocks used as foundations. Bed, lived here for two months, because I was seriously ill, grandpa took me to Fengcheng."

Before he finished speaking, Chu Mo had an extra hand on his head. It was Chi Wushang who touched his head. He smiled, raised his hand to take off Chi Wushang's hand, and said, "It's okay, life and death are parting." , I have already seen it."

"Do whatever you want, don't force it. Although I don't like those pious Buddhist cultivators, I agree with their saying that cause and effect in the world have definite numbers. Let go of what you want to let go, and hold on to what you can't let go of." Chi Wushang smiled wantonly, "If you can't handle it, I will help you, Master."

He patted Chu Mo's shoulder, "Don't worry, Master is here for everything."