medicine stone without medicine

Thinking of this, Lou Hua took the ice skate and walked towards the huge peach tree in the courtyard.

He didn't give everyone time to react, he raised his hand, the knife fell, the peach tree fell to the ground slowly, and all the peach blossoms withered.

The man and the woman kept their original movements and turned into two puffs of black smoke, which disappeared before his eyes.

From the crack of the peach tree, a black mist that was so thick that it almost condensed into substance overflowed from it.

The black mist floated heavily on the ground like flowing water, and finally rolled towards the painting on the side.

The houses in the yard also quickly weathered and collapsed, as if hundreds of years had passed in an instant.

The only thing that hasn't changed is the smoky blue figure standing silently at the side.

At the same time, there is a smaller phantom beside him that is slowly condensing into a solid body.

Chang Ying's face was covered with snot and tears. He looked at his hands, then at Qin Dongyi, and tentatively called "Master".

Qin Dongyi kept looking at Lou Hua, when he heard Chang Ying's voice, he froze for a moment, looked back, and pulled Chang Ying to his side:

"Where did you go?"

Chang Ying opened her mouth, originally wanting to explain, but in the end she didn't say anything and just shook her head.

He looked at the painting on the building over there, and was a little worried:

"Master, Brother Xiaohua was so weird just now, is he okay?"

Over there, there was swirling black mist under Lou Hua's feet, but he didn't seem to be affected by these, but looked down at the things in his hand.

On his palm lay half a piece of peach blossom cake quietly.

With the surge of the black mist, the peach blossom cake gradually revealed its original shape, and finally there was only a clod of soil lying in Lou Hua's hand.

He looked at it for a long time, and finally curled up his fingers slowly, but instead of throwing it away, he put the half clod of soil into the storage ring.

At this moment, the door of the courtyard made a sound.

Lou Hua looked up, and saw a surprised Xu Wang at the door.

Xu Yu walked straight in, looking at the scene in the yard:

"Xiaohua, why did you cut down the tree? Where are your parents?"

He walked up to Lou Hua and dangled around, making Lou Hua a little annoyed.

So he raised his hand and grabbed Xu Wang's neck.

Xu Wang didn't even have time to react, Lou Hua's palm was filled with spiritual flow, he pushed harder, and Xu Wang's life was gradually lost.

Finally, the black mist dissipated, and Xu Wang's struggling hand slowly dropped.

But unlike the man and woman just now, Xu Yu's body did not dissipate into black smoke, but turned into a puppet.

The puppet looked like it had been treated with care, its body was clean, and its hair made of thin yellow thread was tied together with small cloth strips.

Lou Hua was playing around in his hands, feeling novel.

However, at this moment, a sharp female voice suddenly came from not far away:

"Xiao Wang!!!"

Lou Hua raised her eyes and saw Xu's mother appeared at the door at some point.

At the same time, the originally clear and cloudless sky was also cloudy, and the wind suddenly picked up.

Qin Dongyi pulled Chang Ying and retreated towards Lou Hua:

"She is the core eye of the magic circle."

"It doesn't matter if it's core or not." Lou Hua casually threw the puppet to Chang Ying:

"Come to seek death, just kill."

But things don't seem to be as simple as Lou Hua thought.

Just the time they talked, the world has changed color.More and more people gathered at the gate of the yard, including the village head, an old man playing chess, and a woman bargaining.

The pupils of that group of people were much smaller than normal people, and at first glance there were almost only whites in their eye sockets.

Like the children in the school this morning, they are like puppets controlled by people, only knowing howling and attacking meaninglessly.

They are all controlled by the magic circle, and when the core circle is threatened, the magic circle gives them instructions to kill the variables.

Lou Hua summoned the missing moon, but after the ice arrow pierced the bodies of those people, their movements were only frozen for a moment.

Time in Taoyuan Village is eternal, as long as the core of the magic circle does not collapse, they will never die or die.

The red light of Frostbolt and the blue aura of Qinghan Sword intertwined, barely maintaining a space in the dark crowd.

The next moment, a woman with disheveled hair rushed out of the crowd, it was Mother Xu.

Her nails were a bit bigger than the ones she had just now, and when she bent her fingers into claws, she rushed towards Lou Hua.

Lou Hua raised her leg and kicked at her abdomen, she rolled backwards twice, then quickly got up and attacked.

Qin Dongyi held the sword in his backhand, used the hilt of the sword to fight her, and finally restrained her in two or three strokes.

The woman struggled desperately, but it was almost in vain. She shook her head, and her messy hair fluttered in front of her eyes. The next moment, her whole body froze suddenly.

She looked steadily in one direction.

There, hiding Chang Ying holding a puppet in her arms.

Chang Ying was taken aback by her look, and wanted to run away with a scream.

But the woman suddenly seemed to be stimulated, and she didn't know where the strength came from, she suddenly broke free from Qin Dongyi's control, and went straight to Chang Ying.

Qin Dongyi originally wanted to stop him, but was blocked by the villagers who jumped up.

Chang Ying grabbed the puppet in her hand and ran away, but within a few steps, she tripped over a stone and fell firmly to the ground.

He rolled over and got up. Seeing that the woman's claws were about to grab him, he subconsciously raised his hands and hugged his head.

When people approach, there are some slight airflow fluctuations.

Chang Ying closed her eyes, but the expected pain did not come.

He opened his eyes and took a tentative look, only to see that the woman was staring at the little puppet in his hand motionlessly, as if looking at some lost and recovered treasure.

Chang Ying was stunned for a moment, and when she realized what she was looking at, she tentatively raised the puppet in her hand to her.

The woman raised her hand and slowly approached to touch her.

"mother!!"

At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind.

Lou Hua on one side kicked an old man away, and nailed him to the ground with a bow and arrow, so he had time to look up.

The villagers moved out of the way spontaneously, and the real Xu Wang squeezed out from the crowd, galloped over and knelt down beside the woman.

"mother……"

Xu Yu pinched the corner of the woman's skirt, and tears fell to the ground:

"I'm back, Xiao Wang is back..."

The woman froze, as if she was identifying the person in front of her.

Then, she raised her hand and touched his head lightly.

Her eyesight gradually recovered, and the rest of the villagers froze in unison and stopped attacking.

Lou Hua was close to Chang Ying, so he took advantage of this time to drag Chang Ying away by the collar and throw him at Qin Dongyi's feet.

Chang Ying was still in shock, sat up and patted the ashes on her buttocks, and asked:

"What happened to them?"

"Reunion."

Yuan Jing just arrived at this moment, he looked at the mother and child, and sighed for a while:

"On the day Xu Wang left home, he quarreled with his mother over trivial matters. But before he had time to explain, he turned into a leopard and ran away from the village. Who would have thought that this separation would last hundreds of years?" .”

Chang Ying frowned:

"Then does Mother Xu think that Brother Leopard left because he was angry with her?"

Yuan Jing pursed his lips, noncommittal.

"Mother... I'm sorry, I shouldn't make you angry."

Xu Wang hugged her and explained with sobs:

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have gone to play with Xiao Shitou in the mountains so late, I shouldn't have talked back, I shouldn't have quarreled with you..."

After turning into a leopard, Xu Wang never dared to come back to see his mother.He couldn't change back into a human body, couldn't speak, and no one believed that he was Xu Wang.

The village head uncle who had watched him grow up brandished a machete to drive him away as soon as he saw him. Xu Wang had no choice but to hide secretly in the mountains and forests.

Until one day, he found that the village seemed a little strange, and he was blocked by some strange force from entering.

After wandering around for many days, he met a nice fairy nearby, and asked him to help him go in and have a look, and help him explain to his mother.

But that fairy never came out again, and the fairy became a member of the village, doing the same thing day after day.

Later, many people came, and Xu Yu knew from their conversations that they were looking for a place called Jincheng, and before entering Jincheng, it seemed that they had to unlock the magic circle of the village.

At first, Xu Wang was looking forward to them being able to crack the magic circle, but as time passed, fewer and fewer people came, but more and more people in the village.

Xu Yu knew that this matter was not easy, so he practiced hard with the spells taught by Xianjun, and tried to drive away those guys who came to look for Jincheng.

Another point is that 200 years have passed. Xu Wang knows that people whose time is frozen can live for such a long time, but once the time returns to normal, he dare not think about what will happen to the people inside.

Before leaving home, Xu Wang had just had a big fight with his mother.He felt that his mother was in charge of things, and that his mother restricted his freedom too much. At that time, the young child said sharp and hurtful words, which caused his mother to leave the house in tears.

But when he grew up and recalled these things in those long hundreds of years, he realized later that his mother's trivial nagging was actually for his sake.

And he might not even have a chance to call "Mother" again.

The tall man hugged the thin woman and wept uncontrollably. At the same time, all the villagers in the yard began to age at a speed visible to the naked eye.

They seem to have been compressed in time. In just a few moments, there are only piles of dead bones left on the ground.

All the houses in the village are also rapidly aging, and several have even collapsed.

All the peach blossom trees in the village withered, and pink petals floated all over the sky.

The most important obsession supporting the magic circle is Xu's mother's concern for her child.

Her child left the house without a word and never returned.

She wanted to see him again.

Xu Yu's eyes were covered with tears, he wiped them and looked up at his mother.

The woman's gentle brows and eyes gradually wrinkled, and her figure became bent, and finally she couldn't even stand still.

Xu Yu held his mother in her arms, and finally, Xu's mother raised her hand to touch his face.

She opened her mouth, her voice was old and hoarse:

"Xiao Wang, it's good to be back."

"Mother doesn't blame you, it's just that she got angry and spoke more seriously."

"You go home, mother will make you your favorite wild vegetable dumplings."

The painting of the building in the distance has not moved away.

He watched the woman's body turn into dry bones, unlike Chang Ying who was crying beside him, there was no disturbance in his eyes or heart.

"Baby, this is also family affection."

A certain old guy who hadn't spoken for a long time suddenly said such a sentence, which was very abrupt.

He hasn't shown up for a long time, Lou Hua almost forgot about him.

"Where have you been?"

Lou Hua asked casually.

"The magic circle only records you and Xiao Qin. I am also an outsider, so I lost contact with you the moment you entered the magic circle, but I have always been there."

Ying Long was locked in a small dark room for the past two days, and only gradually recovered his five senses when Xu Wang appeared. At this time, after listening to Yuan Jing's words and looking at the two people in front, he understood the cause and effect.

"Is this also love?"

Regarding Ying Long's small class on feelings, Lou Hua changed her usual casual attitude this time, and at least learned to ask questions.

"Yeah, this is different from the Wen family brothers. This is the love between parents and children. It's like if you make a mistake outside, your parents will always give you the greatest tolerance, comfort you, protect you, and share with you. bear."

Ying Long explained very seriously.

"Why?" Lou Hua still didn't quite understand.

Ying Long: "Because they are relatives, they are connected by blood."

Lou Hua was silent for a moment:

"Then why do the two people who are connected to my blood want me to die?"

Even the two faceless dummies in the illusion knew that he liked peach blossom cakes and would care about him when he was angry.

Ying Long was speechless.

He didn't know how to explain it so that it wouldn't sound so cruel, so he stopped talking.

During the time they were talking, the magic circle covering Taoyuan Village had completely dissipated, but the few people did not leave.

When Xu Wang's mood stabilized, they followed Xu Wang back to Xu Wang's home.

The others waited outside, only Lou Hua followed in.

When I came to eat dumplings that day, the table was set outside, and Lou Hua didn't go inside to look at it, so I took a good look at it at this time.

Xu Wang's house was not much different from theirs, with ordinary furnishings.Lou Hua saw that Xu Wang was packing up his things, and asked directly:

"Hua blanket, you are a demon, so why is your mother a human?"

Xu Wang glanced at him, and answered truthfully:

"I was picked up by my mother when she went to the mountains to gather medicine when she was young."

He had just cried, and his voice was still heavily nasal.

Saying that, Xu Wang opened the wardrobe in the room, and found that it was full of winter clothes stacked one on top of the other.

He took out the winter coat and found that the fabric was old and moldy, but the stitches at the seams were still tight.

In the closet, there are cotton-padded clothes from small to large, infancy, childhood, teenager, and adult.

The person who made the cotton padded clothes seemed to be afraid that the baby's figure would be different from what she had imagined when he came back, so he prepared both thin and wide ones.

Xu Wang hugged the padded jacket and was silent for a long time.

Lou Hua guessed that he didn't want to be disturbed by others, so he looked around the room by himself.

Until he walked to the bed, his toe kicked something.

Lou Hua squatted down and took a look at Xu Yu. Seeing that he didn't respond, she pulled out the thing she touched and took a look.

It was a plate of shriveled dumplings.

The dumplings were packed on wooden trays and stacked under the bed layer by layer, but the past time was too long, and the dumpling skins had long since dried up.

Lou Hua thought for a while, picked up one, and broke it open with her hands.

It can be seen that it is stuffed with wild vegetables.

"Flower blanket."

Lou Hua called Xu Wang.

Xu Wang looked back.

He stared at the dumpling in Lou Hua's hand and was stunned for a long time.In the end, he took the dumpling that had long been inedible, and stuffed it into his mouth as if in a daze.

It seemed that these dumplings didn't taste very good, because Xu Wang felt physically sick to his stomach a few times, but he finally swallowed all the dumplings in his mouth.

Lou Hua saw him like this and asked:

"Is it tasty?"

Xu Wang nodded, then shook his head again.

Lou Hua bent the corners of her lips, and took out the clod of peach blossom pastry in the storage ring.

"Peach Blossom Crisp made by my mother."

Xu Yu took a serious look, no matter how you looked at it, it was just a lump of dirt.

He was quite sad at first, but seeing Lou Hua's slightly proud expression, he couldn't help laughing,

He wiped away his tears:

"madman."

"Ah."

Lou Hua put the "Peach Blossom Crisp" back into her storage ring, and murmured:

"It was."