lead fades away

His first memory was of a woman, whom he called Mammy, whom he thought for a long time to be his mother.But in fact, she is not his mother, and she has no blood relationship with him.She was just an ordinary woman who was bought back by the man he called "Master" in order to take care of him and raise him up.

She was really just an ordinary woman.When he followed the master to learn how to draw qi into the body and exhale and perform exercises, she could only watch with admiration.He asked her if she wanted to learn it too, but she smiled and shook her head, "Thank you Brother Qing for your kindness. I'm just an ordinary woman, and I can't learn this fairy magic."

It was also from her address that he knew his own name—Qing, and this name would never come out of the mouth of the man he wanted to call Master.That man called him apprentice when he was in a good mood, and didn't even look at him when he was in a bad mood.And she, no matter what mood she was in just a moment ago, as soon as she sees him, she will immediately put on a smile and call him Brother Qing.

So, until a long time later, whenever he recalled this woman, he would think: The so-called mother should be like this, right?

But at that time he didn't understand.From the day he could remember, he lived in a cave in a remote mountain, and the only ones he could see were the mother and the master, so much so that he even once thought that this was the world.

Master never taught him anything other than cultivation, as if life is cultivation, endless cultivation, endless cultivation.

Mammy would tell him some of her past, the small mountain village where she grew up, her former brothers and sisters, and what she had seen and heard after she came out of the mountain village.

So he finally couldn't help asking his master, why did he live in a cave instead of a house made of stones, mud, or wood like other people?Why had he never met the mother and father that Mammy said everyone had?

The master didn't answer his question, but he didn't get angry at him either, he just turned away with an ugly face.

Then, for several days, he did not see Mammy again.

When Mammy finally reappeared in front of him, he always felt that there was something different about Mammy.The way he walks, the expression on his face, and the reluctance when he smiles at him, and... the purple bruises at the corners of his mouth, as if he was crushed by a stone after he fell.

He habitually hugged Mammy's body, but Mammy frowned. Although he forced a smile again immediately, he could clearly see the pain at that moment.

At that time, he was ignorant and thought that he had offended Mammy, so he immediately let go and stood far away.

After that, for a long time, Mammy refused to tell him anything about the outside world.Even if he took the initiative to ask, Mammy just smiled and shook her head, refusing to say anything more.

So, he could only think about it by himself, thinking about it, and only thought that it should be the master who forbids the nanny to talk about outside things with him.Although he couldn't figure out why Master did this, he shouldn't say it if he couldn't say it. Although he was curious, he didn't have to know it.Anyway, as Mammy said, he will grow up one day, and then he can go out and see it by himself without being told.

Thinking like this, he never asked about the outside world again.

But ever since he asked about the outside world, the master started to teach him to read and write after forcing him to practice, and gave him an hour every day to play and play in the woods behind the cave, as if to drain his energy .

He didn't dislike such an arrangement, and even liked it very much.Moreover, after he learned how to read, he realized that the reason why he got the name "Qing" was because someone tattooed a character "Qing" on the sole of his foot.

—was it left by his parents?

He guessed curiously, and he could only guess.Mammy is illiterate and has no idea of ​​his origins.Although Master knew about it, he never dared or wanted to ask.

—One day, I will find the answer myself.

He was thinking like this, but he didn't know that not everything in this world can be found out.

But with that thought in mind, he focused on training and learning more and more.Even if the master only showed him some obscure ancient bamboo slips called "miscellaneous learning" after teaching him how to read, he still felt happy.Those things called magic circles and talismans fascinated him, and the more he looked at them, the more interesting they became, and he wished he could spend all day on them.

But the master never allowed him to neglect his cultivation because of miscellaneous studies, so he could only use the one-hour game time every day for other purposes, secretly reading books, or going to the woods behind the mountain to experiment with the little beasts there. The magic circle I learned newly.

At that time, all he could learn were simple low-level magic circles. Most of the materials needed for the layout could be obtained locally.Especially after he caught a snow-white spirit rabbit for Mammy with the magic circle he set up, Mammy happily gave him all the spirit stones she had.

He thought that Mammy liked small animals, but that night, Mammy killed the spirit rabbit to add food to him.A few days later, some of Mammy's favorite clothes also had snow-white fur collars.

He vaguely understood something, so he tried his best to catch those little beasts with bright fur and gave them to Mammy, and Mammy would happily accept them, and then made delicious dishes for him and sewed beautiful new clothes for himself. Clothes.

But the magic circle can only capture some small animals, and it takes a long time to make a complete waistcoat for Mammy.After thinking about it, he finally had the courage to ask his master for the talisman paper and talisman pen that can be used to make talismans.

He thought the master would refuse, but the master just looked at him, then took out a dozen talisman papers, a half-new talisman pen, and a small jar of ink that was only half left, and said lightly, "Save it!" use."

Because of this sentence, he didn't even dare to draw a talisman directly on the paper. He first took the branch and repeatedly drew on the ground until he could draw it according to the stroke described in the book. draw it up.

But even though he was so careful, his first paper talisman still ended in failure.

He didn't dare to try it lightly anymore, and hurriedly took the slip on how to make talismans to check it over and over again, and finally found out that he didn't input spiritual power when drawing it.But even if he found the reason, he still didn't dare to continue immediately, and continued to practice on the ground with the talisman pen.After I felt that it was almost done, I pulled a relatively flat leaf, dipped the pen in ink, and continued to try on the leaf.

After trying this way, he discovered that the rune pattern does not only take effect if it is drawn on the rune paper. As long as it is drawn successfully, the rune pattern on the leaves can also have the same effect, but it is impossible to control the time when it takes effect, let alone save it.For example, the fireball talisman he used to try burned the leaf completely the moment he successfully drew it for the first time, which shocked him a lot.

With the successful experience on the leaves, he finally drew the first paper talisman. Although he failed several times later, it was not all wasted. Twelve talisman papers produced four fireball talismans. It made him both happy and anxious.

Because at that time he didn't know that the runes that could be preserved by the talisman paper were successful talismans, so he didn't take the fireball talisman back to show his master, but went to the woods behind the mountain to experiment with the little beasts there .It turned out that he really made the talisman, but the little beast that was hit by the talisman had been burned into a pile of coke, obviously it couldn't be taken back to make clothes for the nanny.

But he still picked up the charred little beast and brought it back as proof of his success.

Seeing the three talismans he handed over, the master showed obvious surprise on his face, but he didn't say any words of praise. He just took out another pile of talisman papers and a bottle of unopened ink, stuffed them to him, and said , "Go ahead and show it to me."

When he first received the talisman paper and ink, he was very happy, but then he realized that the master didn't return the three talismans to him, and put them directly into his storage bag. Obviously, he didn't return them to him at all. mean.

He suddenly felt very uncomfortable, as if his things were taken away by the master.

But he intuitively thought that this feeling should not be known to the master, so he said nothing, turned around and walked away with the talisman paper and ink given by the master.

But that night, he still couldn't help telling Mammy about it.

"The paper, pen and ink you used to make the talismans were all given by your master. In this respect, the talismans he left behind can only be regarded as taking back his own things." Mammy touched his head and said with a smile , "However, there is nothing wrong with you feeling this way, after all, it is something you worked hard to make, and there is your effort in it!"

"Then if I make it again, will he take all of it?" He asked worriedly.

Mammy smiled slyly, and whispered in his ear, "He doesn't know how much you can make, so you can secretly hide some, don't just take them all."

"Can you?" he asked hesitantly.

"Hide it well, just don't let him know." The nanny said, looking at him with envy again, and sighed, "Brother Qing is really a genius. It is said that this talisman is extremely difficult to make. Immortals can't do it, and your master doesn't seem to know how to do it either!"

"Really?" His eyes lit up.

"I heard that talismans, even the most inferior ones, can be sold for a low-grade spirit stone! My family's annual harvest of ten acres of land can't be exchanged for a low-grade spirit stone." Mammy said with a smile.

"Is there any other use for the spirit stone besides setting up the magic circle?" He asked curiously.

"There are so many uses!" Mammy smiled and told him the use and importance of the spirit stone.Although Mammy didn't know much and was incomplete, this incident left a deep impression on him that "spiritual stones are very important", so much so that he didn't get rid of the bad habit of accumulating spiritual stones after he transformed into a god—— Even at that time, he already knew that he couldn't take anything with him after ascension.

That night, Mammy finally used the topic of Lingshi to talk to him about the outside world again, but after she finished speaking, she carefully told him not to tell his master about it.

"He is afraid that you will not concentrate on your cultivation if you know the outside affairs, so he won't let me tell you." Nanny explained helplessly.

——Sure enough, it is Master.

He was not surprised at all when he heard Mammy say this, and immediately nodded knowingly, and promised, "Don't worry, Mammy, I will never tell! But Mammy will tell me later, uh, Speak secretly!"

"Okay, let's talk in secret." Mammy replied with a smile.

With Mammy's advice, he had the courage, and very "smartly" did not make amulets in the cave, but went to the woods behind the mountain, and found a secret place that only he knew.After spending several days making the talismans there, according to the ratio of [-] out of [-] successful last time, all the extra talismans were kept.

But after thinking about it, he suddenly remembered that Master only saw three of them, and he didn't notice the charred little beast he was carrying, so he counted out some more and put them back in his small pile.

Then, he felt that he should think again, and soon he realized that the small beasts killed by the fireball talisman could not keep their skins, so he picked out the ice-binding talisman and the earth-covering talisman from the pile of talismans given to his master, and put them on himself. All the fireball symbols in this pile were replaced.

After doing all this, he got up satisfied, put away his pile of talismans, moved them to another hidden place and hid them, then took the pile for Master and walked to Master's cave.

But on the way back, he still felt uneasy, so he went to the house where the nanny lived first, and wanted to discuss it with the nanny.As a result, after arriving there, there was no sign of Mammy, and I searched for the place where Nanny washed and cooked, but still couldn't find it.

Seeing that the playing time given by his master was about to run out, he felt guilty and did not dare to find a place to hide the finished talismans, so he took the pile of talismans directly to the stone room where the master practiced.

Then, he saw the scene that he will never forget——

Mammy was pressed down by the master, her lower body was naked, and the master's trousers were half removed, and the waist and crotch were against the position between Mammy's legs, and they kept bumping against Mammy's body. He kept slapping Mammy, cursing as he slapped her.And Mammy only bit her lips tightly, and didn't make a single sound except for the tears constantly streaming from the corners of her eyes.

He didn't understand a lot of what Master said, but he knew that it must be bad, not only because he hit Mammy while he was speaking, but also because of the tears on Mammy's face, and the resentful eyes.

At that moment, he seemed to understand many things.For example, why there are bruises on the corners of Mammy's mouth, and every time there are bruises, why is she afraid of being touched by him.

But he was too young at that time. When he saw such a scene, he neither stepped forward to push the master away from the nanny, nor turned his head and ran away. He just stood there blankly watching, My mind was in turmoil.

Then, he was discovered.

Seeing him barging in, the master hurriedly lifted his pants, climbed off the nanny, and drove him away loudly, telling him to go back to his stone room to practice.

But he suddenly woke up as if he was enlightened, and he refused to leave without saying anything, and insisted on bringing his mother with him.

The master was obviously very angry at his request, but as before, he restrained himself and did not get angry with him. He only urged Mammy to get dressed, and then let her leave with him.

After taking back the nanny, he gave the completed talisman to the master.The master's attention was immediately drawn away by the pile of talismans, and he ignored his and the mother's movements.

He immediately pulled Mammy out of the stone room and returned to the wooden house where Mammy lived.

After returning, Mammy didn't say anything, just hugged him and cried silently all night.

He didn't ask anything, and he didn't know what to ask. He could only silently accompany Mammy, watching her cry.

After a long time, he realized that compared to being beaten, it was worse that the master pressed the nanny under him.

Although he didn't know too much at that time, since that day, he instinctively never dared to let Nanny out of his sight, for fear that Master would do something to Nanny when he was not around.

But the master also left the cave the next day and didn't come back for several days, so all his preparations were in vain.

At that time, he couldn't help thinking that it would be fine if the master never came back.

But it was also from that time that he gradually realized that if there is such a thing as God who can control destiny in this world, then he must not be the one that God likes.

After all, the master came back, not only bought back a better talisman-making tool, but also brought back a woman, who seemed to be the kind of woman who was envied by the nanny and could practice immortality.

This woman lived in the master's stone room, and since she came, the master never paid attention to the nanny, as if she didn't exist.

For this kind of situation, he is happy to see the results, at least he can concentrate on cultivation, and no longer have to worry about the nanny being bullied by the master.

However, the arrival of this woman also let him know that in addition to having a name and parents, people also have a vocabulary to record their growth years - age.

Mammy, she is 33 years old.He is only 13 years old this year.The newly bought woman seems to be not much older than him, and the master is actually over 100 years old.

It seems that you can live in peace.But it didn't take long before he found out that the master didn't bully Mammy anymore, but the new woman bossed Mammy around, asking Mammy to do this and that for her all day long, scolding or even punishing Mammy if she felt a little unsatisfactory.

After he reprimanded the woman a few times, the woman didn't dare to bully Mammy in front of him anymore, but she intensified behind her back.

Finally, one time, when he finished practicing and wanted to talk to Mammy, he saw the woman bullying Mammy in the kitchen, not only insulting her, but also piercing Mammy's body with a low-level ice needle technique. Zha scolded and smiled coquettishly, "Ugly, old slut, is it comfortable to be cleaned up by my aunt? This is a new spell taught to me by a real person, and a mortal like you scum will never learn it!"

Seeing such a thing and hearing such words, he immediately became furious, and couldn't help but accuse this woman of being bullied by his master in the past, and immediately rushed forward, using the method of killing small animals The second kicked the young woman to the ground, first rode on her and punched her twice, but immediately felt puzzled, so she ignored her cries and begged for mercy, and caught her on the stove with the technique of repelling objects. The steaming kettle poured down towards the woman's face.

——You bully Mammy with ice acupuncture, I will let you taste the taste of boiling water to fade your hair!

he thought bitterly.

A pot of boiling water was poured down, and the woman howled miserably.Mammy was dumbfounded by his actions, and sat by the side blankly, unable to utter a word.

Perhaps the woman's screams were too violent, so the master was quickly drawn over, and immediately, like the mother, he was stunned by the woman's misery and his ruthlessness.But then, the master came back to his senses, immediately pulled him up from the woman, looked at the woman's face covered with blisters and bloodshot eyes, then dragged him to the stone room with gritted teeth, and locked him in.

He didn't know how the master was going to deal with him, but he didn't care about it at all at that time. He just waited for the master coldly, and threatened word by word, "This matter has nothing to do with the nanny. If you dare to punish her, I will punish her." I will fight you hard!"

The master didn't answer either, he snorted coldly, then closed the stone door, turned and left.