To Raise a Soul

The moment he finished laughing at himself, the surrounding scenes changed again. This time, what appeared in front of Yu Zhen was an extremely familiar Taoist temple.

He was shocked, and couldn't help stepping forward, but there was an invisible barrier in front of him that blocked him, preventing him from getting any closer.

There was a sound of footsteps, and he turned his head to look, and saw that the man who was his father by blood was approaching the Taoist temple along the dirt road with a sleeping baby in his arms, probably because he was timid because of his close proximity to the country, he actually stopped on the dirt road In the middle position, he hesitated for a moment, threw the child in the grass, turned around and strode away.

It was late autumn, it was early, and there was still fog in the forest. The baby was not wearing much, and was lying on the dew-stained grass, as quiet as if he had died.

Yu Zhen stared straight at the back of the man walking away, clenched his hands unconsciously, his expression was tense, and his eyes were a little red.

Squeaky——

The wooden door of the Taoist temple was opened from the inside, and an old man with gray hair and wearing a Taoist robe stepped out. He also looked at the back of the man walking away, sighed heavily, and stepped forward to hug the baby who was still lying on the grass.

"It's all debt..."

The old man sighed, touched the baby's frozen face, lifted the hem of the Taoist robe to wrap the child, turned around and walked back to the Taoist temple quickly, without looking at the man who left.

"grandfather."

Yu Zhen couldn't help calling softly, and wanted to follow the old man back to the Taoist temple, but the barrier was still there, and he could only watch helplessly as the old man disappeared behind the door.

The sadness of being abandoned in his heart was less, he stared at the gate of the Taoist temple, and the tense breath on his body gradually softened.

However, the screen suddenly changed again and turned into a construction site.

The gray-haired old man was carrying a kid with a smirk on his back, standing in front of a foreman, begging the workers to give him a job.

But the foreman drove him away impatiently, scolding him for wasting time and mocking him for taking the children and wanting to find a job that makes money, thinking everyone is doing charity.

The old man left with a sigh, spent the last money on his body to buy a bowl of noodles for the child, and returned to the Taoist temple hungry.

Yu Zhen's heart trembled when he saw it, and his eyes turned red again. He couldn't believe that grandpa had ever had such a difficult time.

The change of the screen suddenly accelerated.

The old man took his children to look for a job everywhere, but hit a wall everywhere, and the days became more and more difficult, and he often had a last meal but never a next one.

Even if the days are hard, the children who are not clear-headed are not sensible, because they are too stupid, they always run around uncontrollably, and even the elderly are always unable to rest well. When they get older, they will lose energy, but they still have to take care of them mentally. he.

Director Huang in the village couldn't stand it any longer, so he brought some food and things to use, and comforted him: "Send the child to the orphanage, take it with you, and don't drag yourself to death."

The old man shook his head and sighed: "No, this kid is stupid, he will be bullied if he is sent to the orphanage, no, no."

"But if you take him with you, how will you live this day? How easy was your life without him before? Look at you now, listen to my advice, and send him away."

The old man still shook his head, very stubborn.

"Send it away." Yu Zhen stood outside the screen, looked at the old man's thin face, and couldn't help persuading him: "Send him away, Grandpa, you are too tired, send him away."

The hard days seemed to never end.

The silly boy grew up day by day, and the old man's hair became grayer and grayer. Finally, one day, the kid who only knew giggling every day suddenly called out "Grandpa". The old man was ecstatic and began to think about sending the child to school.

But if you go to school, what should you do with the tuition fees? There was no such thing as compulsory education in that era.

The old man went out of the village again, and finally entered the construction site with his lips worn out. Then he accidentally fell off the elevated road, and a puddle of blood smeared on the ground.

"No!"

Yu Zhen beat the barrier hard, trying to see the old man lying on the ground, but all the images in front of him suddenly disappeared. In the dark space, there was only a child with a smirk on his face standing in front of him.

The scene of the old man falling to the ground and slowly bleeding from the back of his head intertwined with the smirk on the face of the child in front of him. Yu Zhen's chest heaved violently, and his eyes slowly turned red.

"What are you laughing at?" He walked over, squatted down, touched the child's neck with his hand, his eyes slowly lost focus, "Grandpa has suffered so much for you, how can you still laugh."

The child was still looking at him with a smile, his face full of innocence.

"Do not laugh!"

Yu Zhen yelled, with a faint evil spirit coming out of his body, and he began to tighten his fingers: "It's all your fault... It's all your fault! It would have been fine if you hadn't been born, it would have been fine if you hadn't been born, and all of this would have happened without you." It won't happen, without you... you go to hell!"

boom--!

In the sky above infinity, there seemed to be a thunderous explosion.

As the fingers tightened, the golden seeds in his dantian slowly vibrated, and faint cracks appeared.

[Yu Zhen, keep your heart! 】

A deep shout suddenly rang in his mind, Yu Zhen's body shook, the red light in his eyes faded a little, his eyes gradually cleared up, and then he immediately withdrew his hand when he realized what he was doing.

The figure of the child disappeared.

"How could I be like this, no, it's not me, it's not..." He slumped on the ground and looked at his hand, his eyes touched the ring on it, all the negative emotions such as fear and panic in his heart suddenly dissipated, rational Return to cage.

No, something is not quite right.

"fake."

He stood up, carefully recalling the details of those pictures, his tone changed from hesitation to affirmation: "It's fake, grandpa has never been injured by a fall, nor has he been to a construction site, it's all fake."

He really doesn't have any memories of pre-primary school, but he is sure of one thing, grandpa is not short of money.

Although the old man lives frugally, he has never worried about money. Even when a widowed old man in the village was seriously ill, Director Huang organized a fundraiser to raise money for the old man’s medical treatment. He stared at everyone and took out 5 yuan at once. .

After he started to make money on his own in college, he was also worried that the old man would have no money at home, so he even sent money home, but the old man sent it all back intact, with a postscript asking him to say if he had no money, grandpa would give it to him.

Having been together for decades, he is very sure that grandpa is not the kind of person who would stand up in front of the younger generation. He said that he is rich, so he is really rich, not a lie.

The floating mood gradually stabilized, he looked around the dark space, and suddenly smiled: "Void, you are so cunning."

It can see through the most secret negative emotions in his heart and amplify them along the way.

Ever since he was a child, the last thing he wanted was to be a burden to his grandfather.

And about birth and parents... He touched the ring on his hand, remembered the bottle of rose essential oil he made before going to bed, and said: "I can't choose birth, whether my parents die early or be abandoned, I was raised by my grandpa. Now there are other people who treat me well and are called my parents, so it doesn't matter."

There is only one life, come and come, don't worry about how you were born, the important thing is the future.

Snapped.

The sound of seeds cracking came.

The surrounding darkness suddenly faded away, and the breeze blew, bringing bursts of flower fragrance, and he found himself transformed into a seed again, surrounded by warm soil, and then the sun fell, he cracked and sprouted, and slowly broke the ground, for the first time Saw the sun.

His consciousness gradually emptied, and he comfortably sank into the warmth given by the sun, trying to absorb nutrients and grow up slowly.

In the early morning, an international flight landed at City B Airport.

In the first-class cabin, an old man suddenly looked sideways at the sky of City B and raised his eyebrows unexpectedly.

"Grandpa, what's the matter?" The young man sitting next to him saw that his expression was not right, so he asked curiously, and followed him to look out of the window, but he didn't see anything, and asked speculatively, "Could it be that demon who appeared in the world a while ago caused trouble?" gone?"

"Evil?" The old man asked in a strange tone, and suddenly stood up and snorted coldly: "There is no evil, but I can see this auspicious sign. Those guys called me back in a hurry, saying that the evil is in the world, I think It's all a trick to fool me back! Go, settle accounts with them!"

The young man was taken aback when he heard the words, and then looked hard at the sky outside, scratching his head in confusion: "Auspicious sign? Where is it? Why didn't I see it..."

It took Yu Zhen more than 20 days to enter the samadhi this time, and if converted to the outside world, it would take almost two or three days.

Fortunately, Yin Yan was prepared this time, and reported Qiu Feiqian's safety in advance, and used the excuse that Yu Zhen was secretly preparing New Year's gifts for his family to avoid their worries.

Yu Zhen left the tower at noon. Compared with the hesitation and uncertainty when he entered, he appeared much calmer when he left the tower this time.

Yin Yan stood guard outside the pagoda, and when he saw him coming out, he didn't ask any more questions, he just tilted his head and said, "Wash your hands, it's time to eat."

Yu Zhen didn't move when he heard the words, but turned his head to look at the black tower that was slowly fading away, and called out: "Nothingness."

The black tower disappeared completely, and the white cat appeared, flicking its tail and rubbing towards him.

Yu Zhen knelt down to meet it, then stretched out his hand...to hold its head.

"You bad guy." He rubbed Wu Wu's little head vigorously, with a friendly and kind smile on his face, but his hands touched its hind legs irregularly: "How dare you make grandpa so miserable... Before I I’ve been wondering if you, who is the tower, have gender differences after turning into a cat, come on, don’t move, let me make sure.”

Nothing froze, turned around and wanted to run.

However, Yu Zhen is no longer the Yu Zhen of the past, his cultivation level has been improved, his physical fitness has improved qualitatively, he caught it back without any effort, and broke its legs with a grinning grin.

"Meow? Meow meow!" Wu Wu struggled, asking for help from Yin Yan who was standing at the door.

Sensing its intention, Yu Zhen hesitated a little in the teasing behavior, and then turned to look at the door.

As the old saying goes, hitting a dog depends on the owner. Similarly, teasing a cat also depends on the owner's face.

"Let's play for a while, I'll go get some food first." Yin Yan ignored nothingness's cry for help, turned around and left after speaking.

Yu Zhen looked away contentedly, and stretched out his evil claws towards the poor kitten.

Wu Wu stared round his eyes in shock, struggling helplessly: "Meow ow ow ow—"

After trampling nothingness and eating a full meal, Yu Zhen was completely satisfied, and excitedly ran into the pot, fed the orchids and seedlings, and then ran out again, dragging Yin Yan out the door.

"I thought about how to make meritorious plants. You don't need to make ready-made plants, just seeds."

The shopping mall is not far away, and the two of them walked out the door. Yu Zhen was a little excited, her face was ruddy, and she talked about the thoughts that came to her during the samadhi while walking: "Kindness plants, as long as they have merit. Plants are If it grows from seeds, then we only use merit to cultivate the seeds, and then wait for it to germinate naturally, and then find someone with merit to plant them, isn't this considered a merit plant?"

"Also, didn't you say that there is a school next to the construction site? Then, can we find a way to organize an event, let the children come and adopt a plant for free, and appropriately borrow the children's vitality? Of course, the premise is that the children must be guaranteed their safety."

"I've already thought about it. Bodhi lotus is so effective, it's perfect as a carrier for accumulating seeds. But I need your help in this matter. How many plants are needed for the overall greening of the leisure hall, what kind of plants are needed, and how big are they? These must be decided in advance, so that I can buy seeds according to the list and start cultivating in advance.”

Yu Zhen felt embarrassed again while talking, her voice lowered, and she said: "There are still follow-ups to find someone to plant, organize activities and so on, and the Yin family's network resources should be used..."

Yin Yan had been listening to him quietly, and finally spoke at this moment, saying: "This is originally a project of the Yin family, and you are helping me, so there is no need to be burdened."

That's what he said, but in the final analysis, he was the one who took advantage of being so busy.

Looking at his always calm face, Yu Zhen saw a hint of indulgence and pampering on his face for no reason. His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked back, and asked, "Then is my idea okay? Is evil spirit useful?"

"it works."

Yin Yan tilted his head, looked at him full of vigor and vitality, couldn't help holding his hand, and said: "You are very thoughtful, if you only cultivate seeds, the consumption of merit will be much less, and the soil and the boundless Water can also be used. Allowing people with merit to plant plants can provide job opportunities for people with merit, and secondly, strengthen the effect of merit, killing two birds with one stone. There is also the idea of ​​letting children adopt plants, which is very ingenious. Don't worry, dispelling the evil spirit is a good thing, and the children will also benefit."

Yu Zhen was taken aback for a moment, looked up at him, met his focused eyes, then hurriedly looked away, and replied: "It's good if it's useful...well, it's getting late, and the presents from Dad and Xiao Le haven't arrived yet." Buy it, let's go."

Acting and doing a full set, since he said that he didn't go home because he was secretly preparing a gift for his family, then this gift must be tossed out.

The gift for Qiu Feiqian is easy to say, the essential oil has already been made, and the perfume can be made relatively quickly.Gifts for Yin Hexiang and Yin Le were a bit difficult to find. He didn't have any suitable gifts for men, so he still had to go shopping to see if there were any suitable gifts to buy.

After wandering around, the two returned empty-handed.

The Yin family is too rich, Yu Zhen has limited money, and Yin Hexiang and Yin Le probably don't look down on or use the affordable things.And the ones that are suitable for delivery are very expensive.

Yin Yan said that he could swipe his own card, but Yu Zhen refused.

There is no reason to give gifts by yourself and let others pay for it, no, no, no.

"Gifts are more important than thought." Yin Yan began to reason.

Yu Zhen looked at him, and sent out a torture from the soul: "Are you unwilling to go shopping with me?"

Although he is an old antique and his understanding of this world is not yet comprehensive, Yin Yan still has the desire to survive. After two seconds of silence, he stood up decisively and said, "There is one thing that you can definitely afford as a gift, and my father will definitely use it." Got it."

"What?" Yu Zhen asked eagerly.

Yin Yan put his hand into his pocket and replied, "Ginseng."

"..."

Yu Zhen calculated the amount of his savings, recalled the price of ginseng on the market, and felt that Yin Yan really didn't want to accompany him to the mall.

It was night, Yu Zhen was woken up by Yin Yan, and the two went out at night and went straight to the biggest mountain in the suburb.

Yu Zhen's sleepy eyes were hazy: "Are we going to practice?"

"No." Yin Yan turned the steering wheel and stepped on the accelerator to accelerate: "Let's go buy ginseng."

Buy ginseng?

Yu Zhen sat up in a jerk, completely refreshed.

An hour later, the car stopped at the foot of the mountain. Yin Yan took Yu Zhen up the mountain, and finally stopped in front of an ancient tree halfway up the mountain.

"You tell the mountain god that you are willing to exchange your merits for ginseng."

It was pitch black all around, only the cold wind was blowing, Yu Zhen glanced at Yin Yan's very reliable expression, stepped forward, and repeated his words to the ancient tree.

The ancient tree didn't respond, only the wind was heard.

Yu Zhen tilted his head and gave him a suspicious look.

Yin Yan looked at the ancient tree, reached out and patted the trunk lightly, then withdrew his hand and said, "Try again."

I don't know if it was an illusion, but the ancient tree seemed to be shaking.

Yu Zhen felt that what the two of them were doing now must be ridiculous to outsiders.He cleared his throat, repeated the words again, and condensed a little golden light on his fingertips, touching the tree trunk.

A sense of intimacy came back, the golden light was absorbed by the ancient tree, and with a bang, a branch of the ancient tree fell off, turning into a ginseng with soil in mid-air, falling right on the Yin Yan palm.

Yu Zhen: "..." It's really possible.

The two went back home, Yu Zhen started to feel sleepy again, and asked vaguely: "Then what gift would be better for Xiao Le?"

Yin Yan turned up the heater in the car a little bit, lowered his voice and replied: "He will take the college entrance examination next year, so he must hurry up on his studies."

"Huh?" Yu Zhen looked over with eyes full of curiosity.

Yin Yan stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he replied, "Knowledge is priceless."

The warm feeling was conveyed through the opponent's palm, and the drowsiness suddenly became stronger. Yu Zhen slowly closed her eyes, leaned back on the chair and fell asleep.

The two didn't return to the villa until the New Year's Eve. Qiu Feiqian complained a few words, but thinking that the two delayed because they were buying gifts for them, she didn't really complain in her heart. Greet the two for dinner.

After the reunion dinner in the evening, Yu Zhen finally took out the gift he was going to give.Qiu Feiqian and the others, who seemed to have not forgotten about this incident, immediately cheered up, and all looked straight at the several boxes he took out from his hand.

Yu Zhen was embarrassed by the look, her face was a little hot, she got up and handed the smallest box to Qiu Feiqian, and said: "This is for mom, I made the essential oil and perfume myself, you can see if you like it, or not?" If you like it, I will change it for you."

"you made it yourself?"

Qiu Feiqian was full of surprise, and couldn't wait to take the box.

When Yin Yan said that Yu Zhen was preparing New Year's gifts for them, she thought that Yu Zhen was too honest, and the gift she prepared would not be too eye-catching. The appearance of surprise and liking will make the children happy.

But now that she actually got the gift, she didn't need to pretend that she was full of surprise.

Essential oils and perfumes made by hand!

She owns a cosmetics company and knows that these things can be made by herself, but she didn't expect that Yu Zhen, a boy, would make these for her carefully.

This kind of heart is so comforting, she made up her mind even more, even if Yu Zhen's essential oils and perfumes are not good, she should praise them greatly, praise them well, show her best acting skills in this life, and express her love for this gift like.

With such thoughts in mind, she opened the box and saw two exquisite small bottles inside. She raised her eyes and smiled at Yu Zhen, took out the bottle that was probably perfume, and sprayed it on her wrist. a little.

A fresh and elegant scent, but obviously based on roses, came out, and the smell of food in the room immediately dissipated. From the nasal cavity to the brain, where the scent permeated, the feeling of soothing and relaxing spread along with it.

Qiu Feiqian couldn't help sighing, not only surprised, but shocked.

It's great, the delicateness of the fragrance doesn't look like homemade at all!

Her professionalism in managing the cosmetics company came out, and she quickly unscrewed the essential oil and smelled it again.

Another slightly stronger smell evaporated, layer after layer, becoming more and more alluring, until it reached the extreme, it was like a rose slowly blooming in front of your eyes, it was so dazzlingly beautiful.

She opened her eyes, looked at the small bottle of rose essential oil in her hand, and was a little speechless.

This skill is no worse than those technicians hired by her company with high salaries.

After the surprise and shock, the emotion slowly surfaced in my heart.

As we all know, rose essential oil is difficult to make, because it is too wasteful of raw materials and too much energy.

No wonder it took Yu Zhen so long to prepare the gift. If Yu Zhen relied on self-made for this small bottle of rose essential oil, it would probably take him a long time to get it.

"Mom likes it very much, Xiao Zhen has worked hard." She put away the essential oil and perfume preciously, wishing she could hug Yu Zhen immediately and rub it well, but her reservedness as an elder made her restrain herself, and she just lowered her head from the pocket of her home clothes He took out a red envelope from his pocket, put it in his hand, and said, "Here, let's have a safe and smooth new year."

"Thank you mom."

Seeing that she liked it, Yu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Yin Hexiang again, handed over the medium-sized box, and said, "Dad, Happy New Year."

"Well, good boy." Yin Hexiang took the gift reservedly, opened it with a serious expression, then his eyes widened uncontrollably, and then he quickly closed the box and said, "This gift is good, Xiaozhen has a heart."

As he said that, he also took out a red envelope and handed it over, still with a serious expression, and it was not obvious that he was dissatisfied with the gift.

Yu Zhen thanked him and took the red envelope, a little uncertain about his attitude, Yin Le on the other side had already moved over impatiently, touched the last box in front of him, and said, "Brother Yu, this is for me Right? I knew Brother Yu was the best, hehe, what did you prepare for me, is it the latest model I was talking about a while ago..."

The box was opened, and a set of test papers lay neatly inside, very thick and full of the fragrance of knowledge.

Yin Yan spoke at the right time, and his tone was so calm that he could not be beaten: "Xiao Le, the college entrance examination will be next year, so hurry up."

"Hahaha." Qiu Feiqian couldn't help laughing.