Eternal

You hour, the small forest in the mountains.

I held the big apprentice in my arms and walked like a stroll in the courtyard.

"Meow." When I was about to approach my destination today, the big cat, which had always been quiet, suddenly let out a cry.

"Why, are you hungry?" I stretched out my hand to probe its stomach, and then asked in doubt, "Is it not deflated? Is the big cat uncomfortable?"

"Meow——" the big cat yelled again with an unexplained elongated sound, and then closed its eyes and went to rest.

"It's so strange, could it be that something happened in front of me?" I muttered to myself, but I didn't speed up my pace, and walked forward slowly according to my usual pace.

After another incense stick of time, I came to my destination today—one of the traps I dug here to catch prey——

Then, I was stared at by three pairs of shining eyes.

It was a young man dressed in short bodyguards and two little boys who looked almost identical.

In front of them was a bonfire stand that looked like it had been set up for a while, and a roe deer and two hares were being roasted on the stand.

——What kind of look is that!Does this doctor look so much like someone who would steal other people's food?

I stared back one by one in displeasure.

——Besides, if you really want to talk about it, these prey belonged to me in the first place!

I was thinking angrily in my heart, but the next second the tiredness on the young man's face and the two children's sallow and emaciated physiques came into view——I had no choice but to suppress my bad mood, and after a soft snort, hugged Then the big cat passed them by, and walked towards the next trap.

The flames behind me quickly disappeared, I looked at the sky, and took out a night pearl from my pocket——

At the next trap, take out the prey inside and put it into the medicine bag behind you, and after re-arranging the trap——

"Who?" I asked in a certain direction.

"It's me." The young man I met just now slowly turned out.

"It's you—what are you following me for?" I looked at him suspiciously.

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean anything malicious. It's just that I saw that it was getting late, and you didn't look like you were carrying any weapons, so—"

"Oh? So you came here to protect me secretly?"

"Yeah." The young man scratched his head in embarrassment, and then picked up a poisonous snake that I had just poured out from his feet, "I didn't expect that although you look weak, you are a master of medicine... promise, this is for you." He handed the snake over.

"No need." I shook my head and refused.

"Why? Although some people don't like this, but you are a doctor, so you should be able to use it for medicine."

Hearing this, I suddenly stepped forward with great interest and looked at his face.

"Doctor, doctor?" He asked in surprise.

"Have you always been like this?"

"what?"

"I mean, I'm always meddling in my own business, with an upright attitude of 'no merit, no reward'?"

"I--"

"Okay, if I say no, I don't want it. Since you picked it up, take it. Also, you have been away for a long time, so go back and take care of those two boys." After I finished speaking, I stopped looking at him and twisted. Then go to the next destination.

After walking for a while, I reached the third trap, and by this time I had completely forgotten what happened just now.

I shook my head and smiled, no wonder the old master always said that I was cold by nature.

After opening the trap, I raised my eyebrows - there were actually two red foxes in it.

One big and one small look like mother and child.

After I moved all the prey out, I put the two foxes aside alone, took out a paper bag from my arms, and put some powder on the tip of their noses.

The medicine took effect very quickly, and the fox soon regained consciousness.

Then one big and one small looked at me warily.

I smiled, and dragged two pheasants from the prey on one side to them, "This is for you, don't worry, the drug will melt when it enters the body, and it won't have any effect on you."

I don't know if I understood, but after the two foxes looked at each other, they quickly dragged a pheasant away.

"It's really a smart and spiritual little guy, just like you, isn't it? Big cat?" I smiled and said to the big cat who was quietly standing beside me.

"Meow——" the big cat flicked its tail gracefully, then looked at the pile of prey beside it.

"Ah, is the big cat hungry too?"

"Meow--"

"Well——" I thought for two seconds, "Well, to save some time, let's give that man some prey and ask him to lend us the bonfire."

"Meow."

"Since you agree, then I have to hurry up." After speaking, I quickly packed the prey, rearranged the trap and sealed it, then picked up the big cat and rushed towards the youth's place with some speed.

"Huh." After arriving at the destination, I exhaled slowly and walked over there slowly.

The campfire was still there, and the two children were asleep, covered with long animal fur cloaks.

Probably because the cloak was not big enough, the two of them squeezed together head to head, looking very pitiful.

After watching for a while, I shook my head, turned my gaze away, and met the gaze of someone standing on the treetop.

"What are you doing up there?" I asked him.

"Mochizuki," he replied.

"It's very elegant." I praised, and then raised the two hares and two pheasants in my hands and said, "My cat is hungry. I will borrow your bonfire. This is a thank you gift."

"No, this bonfire is not a valuable thing, you can do whatever you want." The young man said with some firmness.

I was a little surprised by his blunt tone, so I touched my earlobe subconsciously - this is a standard action when I feel confused.

"In that case, thank you very much." I smiled politely, put down the prey in my hand, and then took off the rucksack and put it aside.

Going to the side, after processing the prey I selected, I picked a few deodorized herbs and wiped my hands, then carried the prey back through the cloth.

A few were baked on the rack, and the one left alone took out a small pot and kettle from the side pocket of the rucksack, served with some mushrooms and wild vegetables, and cooked a pot of soup with my homemade ingredients .

Time passed quickly, and the soup was the first to roll.

The fragrance spreads instantly.

"Gollum."

"Meow."

One step ahead of the big cat's cry came the two children's bellies.

I looked at the two wooden bowls in my hands and looked helplessly at someone high up:

"Can you cut wooden bowls? I only have two here. If you can, cut a few more."

The young man on the tree jumped down silently, then took the carving knife in my hand and went to look for materials.

This belated 'snack' was carried out in silence, except for the occasional meow of the big cat.

After the meal, I gave the two children the rest of the water to wash their hands, and they quickly fell asleep again.

The big cat soon lay down on a white velvet blanket I laid out.

The young man returned to the tree again, picked a leaf and played the tune.

It's a very quiet tune, very similar to the tunes that the master played on instruments during his lifetime.

In this nice song, I hugged the big cat and fell asleep slowly.

The next day, when I finished washing by the creek and returned to the camp with the big cat in my arms, the young man had already led the twins waiting there.

"Yesterday, thank you, let's just leave it alone." The young man said while cupping his fists.

"Hmm." I nodded thoughtfully.

"Then, goodbye." The young man nodded and prepared to leave with the two children after speaking.

One step, two steps...

"Wait," I called out to the young man when he had taken about ten steps.

The young man turned around and looked at me calmly.

"Well, do you want to be my second apprentice?" I asked with a smile.

"Second, apprentice?" Puzzled in the young man's eyes.

"Yeah, besides being a doctor, I'm also a practitioner—what I like the most is taking apprentices. Look, this," I lifted the big cat in my arms a little, "it's my big apprentice, I've wanted a second apprentice for a long time, you should think about it and see if you want to be—"

"Okay." The young man replied quickly, "But I want to take the two of them with me."

"It's natural." I said with a smile, "You will always be a teacher in the future, and they will be your registered disciples."

"Master, please be respected by disciple Su Chijing." The young man bent down and saluted solemnly.

"Excuse me." I pretended to cough lightly, "My surname is Sun, and my name is Wenyue. You can just call me Master Yue from now on."

"Master Yue." The young man bowed sincerely again.

"Yeah! Okay! Don't worry! From now on, you and your two disciples can rest assured to follow the master. I will take care of your food and clothing, and your journey will be smooth!"

"Yes, thank you, Master Yue!" The young man said, looking at me with darkened eyes.

I avoided it with some guilt, pointed to the rucksack behind me and said, "This, you can bear it for the teacher. I will open the way for you and the little disciple."

After speaking, I left them one big and two small, and walked forward quickly.

After a certain distance, I said to the big cat in my arms, "Ah, this time is really miserable. I know that person is not a little wild cat like you, why would I go to provoke him?" What?! Even if you look at them pitifully, you can help them in a more gentle way—why did I choose such a ridiculous way of binding master and apprentice? And his last look just now, really Seeing it makes me feel so cool! Big cat, tell me, should I go and tell him that I was joking before my master-student status is hot? No, that’s not okay, he was right just now I have bowed to me for two times, and I told him that I was joking at this time, will he get angry and get rid of me?" I scratched my head and looked at the big cat, "You said, I didn't mean any harm anyway, I just want to help them. So as long as I don't do anything bad to them, he probably won't do anything to me, right? So, as long as I wait for a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters that is good for survival, I will say that fate is over. and let them go, right?"

"Meow—" responded to my big cat's innocent eyes and soft cry.

"Sorry, knowing that you don't understand, but telling you this, it's really—"

I retracted my gaze, looked at the sky that was beginning to light up, and sighed with some melancholy:

"Forget it. Let's be at ease now that it's here. It's really in response to the master's sentence, 'Although I am a cold-hearted person, I always go farther and farther on the road of digging my own grave unexpectedly'."

In this way, my Sun Wenyue, one person and one cat on the way of cultivation, from today there are one more child and one child.

The road looks far away.

So, let us cherish this hard-won time together.