Chapter 146 Qingqiu (VI)
Li Boyang had seen a lot of things, so he wasn't easily surprised. But when Lu Ren nodded in response to his question, he was so shocked that he lost his voice.
After a long while, Li Boyang murmured to himself, "So you are the little Hades that has been rumored recently."
His voice was so soft that Lu Ren didn't hear it.
Lu Ren was just puzzled to find that Li Boyang's movements were much slower for some reason. Once Li Boyang slowed down, there was no one who could hold the weasel back.
Although the weasel was stiff after death, its movements were not slow at all. When Li Boyang was restraining it, it was getting closer and closer to Lu Ren. Now that Li Boyang was motionless, the weasel came in front of Lu Ren in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that he was about to be pierced through by the blade-like claws, Lu Ren couldn't help but shout to his teammates: "Don't hang up! Stab him in the forehead quickly! Otherwise, you'll be dead for me to collect."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Boyang suddenly jumped up and swung his sharp blade at the weasel. The copper coin sword in his hand accurately pierced into the weasel's forehead.
The weasel's originally huge body suddenly stiffened, and then fell straight to the ground.
Although the problem of the weasel's resurrection was solved, the coffin where the body was originally placed was destroyed by the weasel, which directly resulted in the weasel's body having nowhere to be placed.
There was no other way, so Lu Ren and Li Boyang had to move two long benches, then remove the door panels to make a simple coffin bed and place the weasel's body on it.
Perhaps it was because it was already the late night; perhaps it was because the battle just now made both of them a little tired. In any case, while making the coffin bed, Lu Ren and Li Boyang did not speak actively. They both conserved their energy and worked hard.
However, after this thrilling night, Lu Ren felt somewhat frightened. In addition, there was a body that had not been buried in the house. Now that neither of them spoke, this silent night seemed even more eerie and terrifying.
Finally, Lu Ren, who couldn't help himself, broke the silence. He asked Li Boyang the irrelevant question, "Are you short of money? It's ok to do so many part-time jobs, but you even take on such a dangerous job."
Li Boyang did not hide it: "Actually, I owed my two brothers a lot of money, so I have to work so hard."
Lu Ren's family had gone through a major change before, and their financial situation was difficult. When he heard Li Boyang say this, he couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy. He comforted Li Boyang and said, "Don't be too sad. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will be able to pay off your debts sooner or later. If you don't believe me, look at me. My living conditions were not good before, but now I have finally made my life better and better with my hard work."
Hearing this, Li Boyang sniffed and looked pitiful. Then he looked at Lu Ren, nodded vigorously, and said, "Yeah."
Lu Ren felt that he saw a strong yet fragile soul, shining brightly. He couldn't help but want to lend a helping hand to this person who was in the same situation as him.
Lu Ren opened his mustard seed space, wanting to find something that could help Li Boyang. However, since there were hundreds of free-range chickens in his mustard seed space, those free-range chickens were running around in Lu Ren's mustard seed space, blocking Lu Ren's sight, causing him to spend some effort to find things.
On the one hand, Lu Ren was trying hard to find the things in the mustard seed space, but on the other hand, he didn't want to appear to be giving alms and hurt Li Boyang's self-esteem. So, while Lu Ren was looking for something, he started to talk to Li Boyang about something else: "By the way, how come you owe your brother so much money? Is it because of a failed investment?"
Li Boyang touched the back of his head and said in annoyance, "No, I just called out to the landlord when I was fighting with them, and then it became like this. I have calculated that I don't have much debt left. I can pay it off as long as I don't eat or drink and work for 500 years."
As he spoke, Li Boyang looked at Lu Ren who was rummaging through the mustard seed space, and said embarrassedly: "Why are you rummaging through the mustard seed space? Do you want to help me with something? How can I do this! No, no-- "
Although he said that it was not necessary, Li Boyang's neck stretched towards Lu Ren betrayed him.
Lu Ren now only wanted to go back to five minutes ago and strangle himself who sympathized with Li Boyang. He closed the mustard seed space expressionlessly and threw an invincible free-range chicken at Li Boyang.
The free-range chicken flapped its wings and attacked Li Boyang. The flapping wings allowed the free-range chicken to successfully occupy the strategic high ground, and its sharp claws accurately scratched every piece of Li Boyang's exposed tender skin and flesh.
After a while, Li Boyang's face was covered with bruises. Although Li Boyang tried to reason with the free-range chicken, he was obviously no match for the powerful free-range chicken.
Li Boyang knew that if he continued to surrender, he would be beaten to a pulp by this free-range chicken. After figuring this out, he immediately had an idea and ran out of the mourning hall.
The free-range chicken refused to give up and chased Li Boyang out of the door. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Boyang quickly ran back to the house and closed the door, successfully locking the free-range chicken out.
Li Boyang was covered in chicken feathers and blood. When he came back, he found Lu Ren had fallen asleep on the table.
Usually, there is no need to continue playing music in the second half of the night. All one has to do is wait for the villagers to come and help with the funeral after dawn.
Li Boyang didn't know how he had offended this little Hades, but after all, he had tricked him into coming to help, so even if he was really offended, he could only endure it. Li Boyang could only dare to be angry but not speak, and found an empty corner to take a nap.
At dawn, the two were awakened by the crowing of roosters.
To be precise, it was not the sound of a rooster crowing that woke them up.
The chicken only crowed once before it was discovered by the villagers. Since the person holding the funeral today was a weasel, there must be many weasels in the village. Weasels love to eat chicken. When the villagers heard the crowing of a chicken, they were all excited.
"There. Come on!"
“Got it!”
"I saw it first, so it should be mine!"
"I caught it first, so of course it's mine!"
"Woo woo woo... Consider that I broke a leg saving you last year! Just give me a chicken drumstick."
“It’s delicious!”
In short, the shouts, screams and admirations mixed together, hitting the eardrums of Lu Ren and Li Boyang directly, and at dawn, the two of them couldn't wake up.
When the two opened the door and came out, the square in front of the main hall was full of villagers. Every villager had a few chicken feathers on their mouths. When they saw the two come out, one of the villagers wiped his mouth and walked in front of Li Boyang. He trembled and secretly looked into the dim mourning hall, but of course he saw nothing.
So the villagers had to swallow their saliva and asked Li Boyang: "Master, how is the ancestor?"
Li Boyang coughed, looking mysterious, and said calmly, "Of course everything has been taken care of. Send someone to buy a new coffin, and then carry him out for burial."
The villagers were shocked after hearing this. You know, the one inside could be considered the ancestor of their clan. When the ancestor began to practice, the mountain and sea world had not yet been established. This time, the ancestor passed away, and the resentment was overwhelming. No one was sure that they could successfully subdue him.
Although he has no intelligence after resurrecting and his speed is not as fast as before, but just his flesh and blood are as strong as a copper wall, few people in the entire Shanhai Realm are capable of subduing him. Not to mention that the ancestor will resist, even if the ancestor stands still and allows himself to be beaten, few people can successfully subdue him. I am afraid that even if they die of exhaustion, they still cannot knock him out.
Thinking of this, the villager looked Li Boyang up and down. He also held the mentality of giving it a try and found Li Boyang handing out flyers on the roadside. Unexpectedly, Li Boyang looked like a charlatan. He actually had some real skills.
The villagers were amazed at Li Boyang's magical powers, and in addition to the original remuneration, they even gave him a lot of bonuses. As a result, Li Boyang made a lot of money, and was contented to take Lu Ren on the road to Qingqiu.
The road to Qingqiu was not easy to walk on, with dense thorns and poisonous miasma. It must be said that if Li Boyang hadn't helped, Lu Ren alone would not have been able to reach Qingqiu safely.
Li Boyang had already changed his yellow robes into the same gray Taoist robes as Lu Ren.
Lu Ren originally wanted to change back into his own clothes, but Li Boyang said, "You 'd better not wear something too conspicuous. The Shanhai Realm is very hostile to humans, especially humans like you who don't have a pass. Once discovered, you will be expelled from the country at best, or directly devoured by ferocious beasts."
The fact that he didn't have a pass was actually Lu Ren's own fault, because Tushan Qiluo had gone through formal procedures to bring Lu Ren to the Mountain and Sea Realm, and the day she asked Lu Ren to wait was actually to apply for a pass. But Tushan Qiluo had never expected that Lu Ren, an adult, would not be able to fasten his seat belt.
Lu Ren may be the first person in history to become an illegal resident because of the seat belt.
At this moment, the novice illegal household Lu Ren was listening carefully to the teachings of the senior illegal household Li Boyang.
"Look at the natives of the Mountain and Sea Realm. None of them wear down jackets. It's spring all year round here, and everyone wears fairy-like, perfect clothes. You're wearing something too practical, standing out from the crowd. Sooner or later, you'll be caught."
Lu Ren felt that Li Boyang's words made sense. After all, it was just a piece of clothing, there was no need to take it too seriously. If it could save one's life, then it might be worth wearing it.
In fact, even after changing clothes, Lu Ren's smell was still somewhat mixed , but one could more or less smell the unique human smell. Previously, because they had just come out of the funeral hall, the people of the Weasel Village did not carefully consider their smell, so they did not notice it. Once a race with a keen sense of smell approached Lu Ren, they could easily tell that his smell did not belong to the Mountain and Sea Realm.
Fortunately, Li Boyang took Lu Ren to avoid densely populated areas and tried to go to places with few people. Li Boyang had experience in traveling to four realms and was well-informed. He introduced Lu Ren to many customs and practices of the Mountain and Sea Realm along the way, which benefited Lu Ren a lot.
"Come to think of it, I heard everyone in the Shanhai Realm is praising Dong Jun. What kind of person is Dong Jun?" Lu Ren suddenly thought of this question while on the road. After all, he always heard people talking about Dong Jun, and naturally he became curious after hearing it so much.
When Lu Ren asked this question, Li Boyang was making a fire: "Dong Jun, that is really an amazing person."
With a "swish", the light broke through the darkness and dispelled the coldness in the dark night.
Li Boyang reflected the light of the fire and slowly told Lu Ren the story of Dong Jun: "Dong Jun is an old subordinate of Shen Huang. Do you know Shen Huang?"
"Yes, I have heard of it. It is said that Shen Huang was the leader of the Foreign Household Investigation Bureau before Si Yuan."
"Not accurate. Every head of the Foreign Household Registration Bureau is called Si Yuan. And Shen Huang is not only the previous Si Yuan, but also the mother of the current Si Yuan."
Si Yuan's mother?
This was the first time Lu Ren had heard of this. He had heard that the Divine Phoenix had perished in the war between the Ten Witches and the Buzhou Mountain Realm Master. I guess Si Yuan was still young at that time. So it seemed that Si Yuan, like Lu Ren, had lost his parents at an early age.
"After the death of the Divine Phoenix, the current Si Yuan and Dong Jun were unwilling to submit to the Buzhou Mountain Realm Authority. They inherited the Divine Phoenix's will and struggled to maintain the operation of the human world and the animal world. Later, in order to reduce disputes between the human world and the animal world, they used the Mirror Flower Water Moon technique."
At this point, Li Boyang suddenly changed the subject and asked Lu Ren, "Do you know what the consequences would be if Dongjun chose Buzhou Mountain Realm Division?"
How could Lu Ren know anything about gods? He could only shake his head honestly.
Li Boyang looked at the blazing fire and said slowly, "Dongjun is also known as Qingdi. He is one of the Five Heavenly Emperors. He lives in the east and controls Qinglong."
Even Lu Ren could understand such a simple and easy-to-understand truth.
"So, if he stayed in Buzhou Mountain Realm, then he would be..."
Li Boyang replied: "It's not that he will be, but he is already one of the holders of the highest power in the heavenly world. He does all this entirely for the Divine Phoenix."
A guess emerged in Lu Ren's mind: "Could it be that he is Si Yuan's father?"
"What are you thinking about? Can a man and a woman only talk about love when they are together? Can't they be like-minded partners? Do you think the person with the highest authority in the heavenly world would be in love?" Li Boyang was originally looking at the fire and reminiscing about the past. After hearing this, he finally couldn't help but look up at Lu Ren. He said unhappily, "Dongjun was confused by the picture of the four realms painted by Shenhuang - a world where the four realms coexist peacefully, exchange what they have, and all things are equal. However, Shenhuang failed to do so, and even lost his life. And no matter how powerful Dongjun's divine power is, it is difficult for him to support it alone..."
As he spoke, Li Boyang fell silent.
After a long while, Lu Ren said softly, "In fact, I think Dong Jun may not be confused. He may just want to give it a try."
Li Boyang looked at Lu Ren in confusion: "Try what?"
Lu Ren shook his head: "I don't know."
"have no idea?"
“I don’t know what to try, and I don’t know how to try. I can see the goal is there, but I can’t see the way to it. It’s like there’s a river in front of you. On this side of the river are people, things, and objects that you are familiar with, and at the same time, you can see a brand new land of birdsong, flowers , and lush grass on the other side of the river. If you want to get to the other side, you need to step into the river and try step by step. You may succeed in wading across the river, or you may be careless and almost drown at one step.”
Li Boyang then continued with Lu Ren's words: "Wouldn't it be too risky to rashly enter this river?"
"Maybe." Lu Ren said, "Maybe you will be happy, maybe you will regret it, but those are the answers you can only get after trying. That is the answer you have to confirm yourself. However, if you don't even have the courage to take a step towards the future you yearn for, such a life is a bit too regrettable."
It was just a casual chat, but Lu Ren was tired after a whole day, so his voice became softer and softer, and finally he fell asleep while talking.
Li Boyang listened silently without saying anything. When Lu Ren's breathing became long, he looked up at the night sky and said, "Maybe."
The voice was very soft, and I couldn't tell whether it was directed to Lu Ren or to myself.
