Rebirth of Enchantment

The village where the old man lives was originally called Mumu Village, but later it was renamed Nianqing Village following the mountain.

After the old man told Zhong Daonan the story of the origin of Nianqing Mountain, he suddenly lost interest in speaking and fell silent all of a sudden.Zhong Daonan was not unhappy either, and he continued to drive the carriage slowly as before.

The old man stopped talking a few times, but finally he just sighed and didn't say anything.

After listening to the story, Xiao Shitou sitting in the carriage became much more energetic. He stuck to Zhong Daonan and kept asking about goblins and immortals. In Xiao Shitou's opinion, Xiao Shitou should also be a monster.It also thought that people were very afraid of monsters, but they didn't expect that there would be such a place, because of the good deeds of a monster, people were so grateful.

"So, not everyone will be so scared that they want to kill monsters." Xiaoshi slightly changed his view of humans except Zhong Daonan.

After listening to Xiao Shitou's words, Zhong Daonan paused for a while, and said: "... Humans are very complicated creatures... In this world, don't trust anyone except me."

Zhong Daonan's voice sounded a little serious, which made Xiao Shitou stunned for a moment, and called softly: "A'nan?"

Zhong Daonan lowered his eyes, without turning around to look at the small stone in the carriage, "Promise me." Except for him, no one else could believe it.

The little stone is very sensitive to the emotions of others. It feels that the aura on Anan's body has become a little heavy, and the surging aura surrounding Anan seems to have become solidified and slowed down.Xiao Shitou said clearly: "Little Shitou agrees to Anan." In this world, only Anan can be trusted.

Xiao Shitou doesn't like the feeling on Zhong Daonan's body now, it makes him feel very heavy and he can't help but feel sad from the bottom of his heart.

It knows its own weakness, and Anan has not told it many things.But the little stone has never had any grudges, it understands that it is Anan's kindness to it.

Although I don't know why, what made Anan feel sad, but it responded very crisply.As long as this can make Anan feel at ease, as long as this can make Anan feel happy.

"Don't worry, Anan~Little Shitou only trusts Anan~"

If there is not a mortal uncle next to him now, if the little stone is not in the carriage, Zhong Daonan can already imagine that the little stone is trying to move to his side, and then cuddle up against him.

It's really... very cute.

This kind of imagination quickly dissipated the haze that had just risen in Zhong Daonan's heart, and he couldn't help but bend the corners of his lips.

The old man sitting on the side naturally couldn't hear the conversation between Zhong Daonan and Xiao Shitou. He watched Zhong Daonan's originally careless expression soften the lines, and his eyes that didn't know where to look had a warm expression, slightly curved The corners of his lips made him feel warm and glowing.

The old man wondered in his heart, wondering what the young master was thinking, and he didn't ask any questions after all.He looked up at the scattered houses in front of him and said, "Nianqing Village is ahead."

As the old man said, Nianqing Village is really deserted.

After Xiaoshitou and Zhong Daonan drove in in a carriage, they hardly saw many children and young people along the way.Most of the people in the village are old people, as well as middle-aged men and women, but on the faces of these people, there is no expectation of life at all.

Those old people are like old men, all of them have low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and their faces are full of sorrow.And the eyes of those middle-aged men and women were like stagnant water. When they looked at those old people, they didn't see much kindness, but mostly indifference.

After the old man arrived at the village, he got out of the carriage with his pole and two wooden barrels.

He stood in front of his thatched hut, bowed his body slightly and said: "This is the old man's residence... If you don't mind, young master, you can come to the old man's house for a short rest."

There is only one old man's house, and the walls around the small courtyard are less than half a person's height. It seems that it has not been properly repaired for many years.And the other houses in the village don't look much different from the old man.

Zhong Daonan thanked the old man, but did not go in, and was going to continue driving the carriage forward.Seeing the old man, he took two quick steps forward and shouted loudly, "My lord!"

"Excuse me, what else is there for the old man?" Zhong Daonan looked at the old man and asked.

The old man opened his mouth, and couldn't easily smile again, "If you want to go down the mountain, my lord, you're going the wrong way."

"It's not going down the mountain."

"Then this is?"

"I'm going to spend the night here."

"This... this... If you are really planning to rest here for the night, please don't go out no matter what sounds you hear at night." The old man's smiling face faded, like a bleak withered leaf , Just like the dull and melancholy feeling that Xiao Shitou felt when he saw him for the first time, "In the deep mountains and old forests, it is inevitable that there will be many beasts and ghosts at night. Please be careful, my lord."

After saying that, the old man hunched his back and returned to his thatched hut.

Zhong Daonan saw the figure of the old man disappear behind the door, and then slowly drove the carriage to the end of the village again.

There should be very few outsiders in this village, and those who huddled in front of the house all stared at Zhong Daonan's carriage.There are still many people like the old man on the road, carrying poles and two buckets of water on their shoulders, or carrying a bucket of water in their hands, walking back step by step.

These people looked very tired, but they didn't care much about Zhong Daonan who suddenly appeared.

Even small stones felt a little strange.

All the way to the end of the village, when there were no other people around, Xiao Shitou whispered: "A'nan...it feels so strange."

This village feels so strange.

After hearing the old man's story, Little Stone thought that this place would be a very peaceful place.Even though it was relatively deserted, I didn't expect it to look like this.

"Are all human villages like this?"

Xiao Shitou has always lived on the mountain. The concept of a human village is that at noon every day, he can see the smoke rising from the kitchen far away.As for what the human village looks like, what the houses are built like, or how many people live in each household, it is not very clear.

But in Little Stone's imagination, it must be a very warm place.

And it has specific concepts about human houses living together, etc., after Zhong Daonan brought it back.

It lives with Anan on Shijue Peak. Although it has never been to other peaks, disciples from other places in Wen Tianzong also secretly came to Shijue Peak, and when Qing Gui was taking care of Xiaoshi, he also said to himself In general, he said something about him and his brothers.

These things constitute a warm and happy picture in Xiao Shitou's heart.

So when Anan drove the carriage to Nianqing Village, Xiao Shitou was looking forward to it.

But when he actually arrived at Nianqing Village, Xiao Shitou found that everything here seemed to be a little different from what he had imagined... and it was not just a little bit different.

There is not much anger on those old people, and even those middle-aged men and women are more indifferent, and there is even... hatred?

Zhong Daonan's eyes are thoughtful, but now the little stone that looks a little tangled and scared makes people feel more interesting and cute.He parked the carriage at a high place slightly away from Nianqing Village, from which he could see most of Nianqing Village.

Zhong Daonan, who got off the carriage, pinched a magic bullet in his hand, waved his sleeve lightly, and a house that Xiao Shitou felt very familiar appeared in front of him.

"Our house!" Little Shitou was very surprised, this house was exactly the one on the Shijue Peak where he and Zhong Daonan lived, including the yard and all the things planted in the yard.

You must know that this is the house where Xiaoshitou and Anan have lived for a long time. When they were about to leave Shijue Peak, although Xiaoshitou didn't say anything, he felt extremely reluctant.

Because these are all Anan's things, and many of them are specially prepared by Anan for him.

When Anan told it to leave, it really couldn't bear to throw everything there.But it has already got rid of Anan and taken away many things, and finally there are house and yard and many things that can't be taken away, so it didn't get rid of Anan again.

But he didn't expect that Anan would bring all these things out.

The little stone was so happy that he kept moving his body out excitedly, and the whole stone moved out joltingly.But it is a laborious thing to move it when it is standing upright.

Zhong Daonan stood aside and looked at the eager and happy little stone, and he was also happy in his heart.However, he seemed to have a bad intention suddenly, and stood aside smiling and watching, without stepping forward to help.

Xiaoshi didn't notice it at first, but after moving for a long time, he didn't see Anan. When he turned around, he saw Anan standing aside with his arms folded, smiling.

When Anan smiled, his whole body was soft.

Even the wind around him became lingering.

Seeing Anan like this, Xiao Shitou was stunned for a while.It took a long time to realize that Anan's facial expression was actually "bullying" himself.

Little Shitou immediately became emotional, looked at Anan eagerly, and said in a low voice, "Anan...can you help me?"

"Of course."

Anan, who was warm in his heart, came to the little stone, and did not use spells, but stretched out his hand to hug the little stone.

Very intimate and natural movements.

Little Stone happily snuggled up to Anan, feeling the softness of skin-to-skin contact, and asked shyly, "Does Anan feel cold?"

Little Stone knows how cold he is, especially when it's cold.It's almost as cold as the ice is.

But the current Little Stone asks these questions not because he feels inferior or sad, but because... he is really warm and happy, so he asks it unconsciously.

"It's cold." Zhong Daonan said, "But it's very comfortable."

He was holding a huge small stone, but the road was very steady.Two feet stepped on the ground, but did not leave any footprints.

Zhong Daonan raised a hand, and put his warm and dry palm on the surface of the small stone. He lowered his eyes and smiled and said, "Look, just like this touching for a while, you will also become warm."

"Hee hee hee~" Xiao Shitou felt that if he had a tail, he would be wagging his tail happily now.

Walking into the small stones in the yard is like returning to your home on Shijue Peak.

Zhong Daonan put the little stone on the familiar jade seat in the yard, went into the house and cleaned it up briefly, then came out and carried the little stone inside.

The carriage was taken by Zhong Daonan to the horse in front, and it was put in a Qiankun bag. The horse shook its hair, and consciously lowered its head to eat grass and rest without running around.

The people in the village were very sensitive to outsiders. They saw Zhong Daonan driving a carriage towards the end of the village, and then they never saw where the people were.

Although they felt weird, the village was basically filled with people who didn't care about their surroundings. After confirming that Zhong Daonan was no longer visible, everyone huddled up in their houses and continued to live like stagnant water.

Then, soon...

Night fell.