Self-denial System [Rebirth]

"Jing Yin, how long has it been since we left Mochi Peak?"

"Four and a half months."

Xu Mu said "Oh" for a while, then lowered his head and thought about it carefully, it seems that it has indeed been four months.

It was still early spring when I came here, and the mountain was still frozen and desolate for thousands of miles; now it is the summer solstice, with the singing of swallows and the singing of doves, and the new cicadas of tall willows.

In fact, Xu Mu didn't intend to stay here for a long time. He said he would go back two months ago, but Gu Jingyin refused to agree.Just when Xu Mu was going to use the phrase "never violate it" to suppress him, Gu Jingyin said in a serious way, "Brother just met a lonely soul, so you have to think that all the evil spirits are released by the Qingluan sect." Is it? What if the others are not?"

After hearing this, Xu Mu felt that there was a grain of truth in it.Then I thought, since the system has given me a year, it is equivalent to giving myself a long vacation. If I don’t enjoy the vacation, I have to rush back to complete the cheating task and die. Is it a bit mentally retarded?

So he nodded and said: "You are right, let's save some more time."

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The past few months have been considered leisurely, free and unrestrained.

Xu Mu sleeps until the sun is high every day before waking up leisurely, wearing only a loose white shirt over his inner clothes, dangling back and forth inside and outside the room, very leisurely.

But the reason why I still say "it's not bad" is because Xu Mu just seems to be leisurely.

There is such a shameless system that forces me to suffer all day long, and if I want to relax, I have to pretend!

Xu Mu felt that in the past few months, he had become an old woman.

In order to complete the task, you must rack your brains every moment to find work that can be done.Helpless, there are only two of them in a few miles around, and they can only do a few things.

The two repeat the same conversation almost every day:

"Jing Yin, hurry up! Take off your clothes!"

"Why?"

"Take it off quickly! It's too late! Today will be over soon! I have to go and wash your clothes quickly."

"But this dress was just washed yesterday by senior brother, and I just changed it after drying this morning..."

"It's okay! Wash it again! Take it off!"

"..."

Every day, when Xu Mu was beating and washing clothes by the stream, Gu Jingyin would squat beside him, picking up stones on the ground and playing in the water.After throwing all the stones at his feet, he would silently look at the absent-minded Xu Mu for a while, and then silently said, "Brother, do you not like me wearing clothes?"

"Huh, huh?" Xu Mu had already let go of himself, and the movements of his hands were all mechanical. He raised his head when he heard this, "I don't like your clothes? No."

"Then why does brother wash all my clothes every day, and wash them again the next day before they are completely dry. I haven't worn my clothes for several months." Gu Jingyin still squatted obediently Beside him was wearing Xu Mu's slightly loose robe.

"This..." Xu Mu didn't know how to explain it to him.

Son, I really want to introduce you to my cheating system, let the two of you communicate well, and you will understand my various abnormal behaviors, boy!

System: [I didn't intend to judge that your "forced buying and selling" is an illegal behavior. Since you are so dissatisfied with me, then I will rule that your behavior of forcing people to wash clothes is invalid! 】

"Don't, don't, don't! Big brother! Uncle! Ju Ju! I will never scold you again!

However, this forced laundry didn't last long, because in less than two months, Gu Jingyin's clothes were almost melted by Xu Mu.The originally thick fabric has become extremely thin, and holes are commonplace.When Gu Jingyin wore it, he either looked ragged, or looked naked like a light gauze.

Xu Mu felt guilty, and reluctantly gave up the idea of ​​destroying his clothes, and instead cared about his daily life.

Non-stop every day, wipe the table, stool, and floor. After wiping everything, he drags Gu Jingyin to comb his hair and wipe his face. Everything is fine!In every possible way!

System: [Are you sure that this is still an act of obtaining/relieving other people's pain points? 】

"Of course! I help him wash his hair, face and clothes. Doesn't he save trouble and energy? And the most important thing is that he is happy in his heart and reduces the pain value in his heart. Do you understand?"

【...Are you sure he is happy? 】

Xu Mu looked down at the boy's messy black hair, and said with a guilty conscience, "Go... be happy."

After finishing all this work every day, when lying on the bed at night, Xu Mu couldn't help sighing: This junior brother of mine is not at all like a junior brother, but rather like a child raised by himself!

After getting along for a long time, Gu Jingyin is no longer as cautious as before, and he can't speak well in front of Xu Mu.Instead, he became much closer and became more courageous.

The so-called boldness is actually nothing more than: Xu Mu said something, he dared to talk back; when Xu Mu teased him, he dared to tease him back; no matter how Xu Mu kicked him at night, he would stick again Go up and blatantly hug him to sleep.

Whenever Xu Mu was so sore from his hands and feet, he would feel that this brat was clinging to him like an octopus, and he couldn't help wondering: Is this kid addicted to cuddling, or does he regard himself as a child at all? Have a pillow?

So after four and a half months of extremely painful life, Xu Mu resolutely decided not to live here anymore!Obviously, the single room at Mochi Peak is more comfortable!

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"Well, since it's been four and a half months, shouldn't we go back?"

Hearing the words, the young man replied in a panic: "No way, brother, we still..."

Xu Mu looked up at him, smiled slightly and said, "No?"

The boy quickly stopped halfway through his speech.

"Jing Yin, is it because I pampered you too much these days, and now you don't want to listen to me anymore?" Xu Mu tried his best to pretend to be angry.

Hearing this, the young man was shocked, and instantly returned to the cautious and cautious attitude he had four months ago: "Don't dare, it's Jing Yin who made a mistake, so I'll go back when I say so."

When Xu Mu saw that he was suddenly scared back to before liberation by himself, he felt very uncomfortable.How can the revolutionary friendship that has been cultivated with great difficulty for so long disappear just like it disappears.

"Actually, it's not in a hurry. Let's go back on horseback, and we can also enjoy the scenery along the way. What do you think?" Xu Mu changed his tone slightly milder.

"Well, listen to senior brother."

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Yanshan Mountain is located in the northwest, and further north is Cangxue Mountain. This place can be said to be sandwiched between Cangxue Mountain and Mochi Peak.

"Jing Yin, where is your home?" Xu Mu took the rein and turned to ask the person on the horse.

"My family lives in Liuzhen."

"Oh!" Xu Mu replied.Where is that?

"Are there any relatives of yours in that family?"

"Yes, my adoptive father."

Xu Mu pondered for a moment, then said again: "Are you homesick? Why don't we go back and have a look?"

The young man was silent for a while, then nodded: "Okay."

Although Xu Mu's few impressions of Gu Jingyin's adoptive father are that he is very indifferent to Gu Jingyin.

But now that the young man is willing to go back, he still regards it as his hometown.

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The two arrived at Liu Town before dark, and saw that it was not as prosperous as a big town, but rather cold.

In the evening, the sky is dark and there are few pedestrians; the streets are hung with fluttering guises, but most of the shops are locked, and there is still wet rain on the bluestone road.

The two walked along the street for a long time before they found a shop that was not closed yet.

"Boss, is there a place to stay near here?" Xu Muke asked politely.

The middle-aged man in the store looked up at the two of them, and said, "Are you from out of town?"

Xu Mu paused, and replied, "Passing by here."

The shop owner didn't speak, but lowered his head and wiped the table again.Xu Mu and Gu Jingyin looked at each other, feeling that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

"I see that this town is deserted, and most of the shops are closed. Could it be that they all go home for some festival?" The three of them were embarrassed for a long while, and Xu Mu finally couldn't stand it anymore, and cautiously asked.

Hearing this, the man threw the rag in his hand into the bucket beside him, and straightened up: "What kind of holiday is it? Everyone is dying!"

Xu Mu was surprised and asked, "What happened?"

"Who knows! I don't know, maybe it's the plague. Now no one comes to this town, and the people who used to live here have almost escaped. The nearby villagers know that Liu Town has become a ghost town. You two don't waste your time here, don't risk your life here, hurry up and go!" The man drove them out as he said, making gestures to lock the door.

The two wanted to ask more questions, but the man closed the door and took them outside.

Xu Mu turned around in embarrassment, and shrugged at Gu Jingyin: "At first, I wanted to say something nice, call him big brother, and ask him to take us in for a night. It turned out to be good, tonight We have to sleep on the street."

The two of them wandered slowly on the deserted street, the night was dark and the moonlight was cold, giving them a somewhat desolate feeling.

"Brother, do you think everyone in the town is infected with the plague, then I..."

"Would you like to visit your house first?"

The boy nodded and said, "Okay."

The two came to a courtyard, the door was locked tightly, the young man knocked a few times, but no one answered.

Xu Mu stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, pointing to the eaves.The young man understood immediately, and the two flew up from the ground, climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard.

The two pushed open the door of a wing room, only to see a row of people sleeping on the couch, snoring one after another.

"Do you know them?" Xu Mu asked softly.

The young man shook his head.

Xu Mu took a few steps forward, checked their breathing pulse one by one, turned around and said, "They're all alive, they're just fast asleep."

The two walked around in each room, but they couldn't find Gu Jingyin's adoptive father, instead they saw a lot of people sleeping like dead pigs.

The two of them dug out of the courtyard and entered nearly a hundred houses one after another, without exception, they were all sleeping people.

It's fine if a few families go to bed early, but how can the whole town fall asleep collectively?

Xu Mu checked more than a dozen sleeping people in a row, and found that they didn't seem to wake up at all!There is clearly a problem!

The two were puzzled and looked at each other.

Have the people in this town been bewitched?Or is it sick?Or is he suffering from some kind of demonic disease?

Xu Mu thought to himself, what is the situation?I have no idea, okay?

When he was in a state of desperation, Xu Mu suddenly remembered something, and quickly shouted in his mind: "System? System, are you there?"

【here I am. 】

"Didn't you tell me that you have a spoiler service before? Can you give me a spoiler now!"

【What do you want to know? 】

"Who made them all like this?"

[I don't need to spoil this...]

"Why don't you need it? I need it very much, brother! Please do me a favor and give me a spoiler..."

[...I said no need because... that person is already standing behind you. 】

Xu Mu turned around abruptly, and sure enough there was a black shadow standing behind him at some point, looking at him motionless.

Gu Jingyin was also taken aback for a moment, and then immediately realized that the two took a step back almost at the same time, and drew out their swords.

The black shadow remained motionless, as if secretly looking at them.

"Who are you?" Xu Mu asked.

The shadow didn't answer, still standing in the darkness.

Xu Mu was a little confused now, whether it's a human or a ghost, stand up first and then talk about it. What's the use of you standing there as a pillar?

Suddenly, as if seeing his thoughts, the shadow moved and walked out of the darkness.

With the help of the snow-white moonlight, Xu Mu saw that thing clearly, and almost spit out all his bile and gastric juice.

I saw that the shadow was not in the shape of a human being at all, but a full two meters high, with a strong back and waist, with black hair all over its body, like a burly enlarged version of a gorilla; Red light; the nails on both hands are extremely long, dragging on the ground, making a creepy "呲啦" sound.

The two looked at each other, and waved their swords to meet them.But the thing just opened its mouth and roared at them, and Xu Mu felt that there were layers of fog in front of his eyes and a thick fishy smell in his mouth and nose, choking him out of breath.

Xu Mu covered his mouth and nose with one hand, and tried to exercise with the other, but suddenly felt that his spiritual power was blocked, no matter how hard he tried, it was useless.

He already had a rough judgment in his mind, the thing in front of him was either a demon or a demon.Demons and demons are different from ghosts, ghosts are dead things with low spiritual power, but demons are different, they are cultivated.Now that this thing can seal his spiritual power, it can be seen that the mana is not low; since it has no human form, it is likely to be a demon.

"System! What the hell is he! This time it can be a spoiler! If you don't tell me, what use will I have you for!" Xu Mu roared in his heart.

[You guessed it right, he is a dream-capturing soul, a type of demon.And his cultivation has almost reached the Nascent Soul stage of a human being, and he is about to take human form. 】

Fuck?Nascent Soul?Does that mean that his cultivation base is higher than mine?

Xu Mu sighed in his heart that he really had many disasters, and he ran into such a difficult character as soon as he touched him.

"Then what should I do? Wait to die?"

[Dream-taking soul makes a living by bringing people into dreams and absorbing the essence. His long armor can lead people into dreams by piercing the heart. If they are brought into dreams, it will be difficult to wake up.He is good at creating hallucinations and auditory hallucinations, just now you saw the fog barrier he sprayed and your spiritual power was blocked for a while.If you want to deal with him, you need to be calm, out of sight, out of ear. 】

"Thank you Brother System for your pointers!"

Xu Mu turned around and shouted at Gu Jingyin: "Close your eyes and don't look, hold the sword according to your feeling, and don't open your eyes when you hear anything!"

The young man nodded his head amidst the billowing yellow smoke, closed his eyes, and the long sword in his hand really flowed with spiritual power.

The swords of the two sensed the evil spirit, and stabbed straight in the direction of Menghun.

Just when Gu Jingyin's sword was about to pierce Menghun's body, he suddenly heard the person in front of him calling out: "Jingyin...don't..."

The boy trembled when he heard the sound.This was clearly the voice of his senior brother, and it was coming from the direction his sword tip was pointing at.

Gu Jingyin's heart tightened: Could it be that he didn't open his eyes, judged the wrong direction, and accidentally injured his brother?

Thinking of this, the boy hurriedly opened his eyes, stepped forward and snatched back his sword.

A burst of acrid smoke hit his face, making his eyes sore.In the smog, Gu Jingyin vaguely caught a glimpse of Li Menghun's ferocious face, with that terrifying one-eyed smile at him strangely.

Oops!

Only then did Gu Jingyin realize that he was too nervous just now, brother, and fell into the trap of Menghun.The distance was too close, and it was too late to turn around to avoid it now, the young man gritted his teeth, and with a cruel heart, he flew forward and stabbed the sword in his hand firmly into Menghun's chest.

Almost at the same moment, the long and sharp nails of the Dreaming Soul stabbed steadily into his heart.