Painter

When Ning Baiqian woke up in this world, the first thing he saw was Li Yuan.The dark face was imprinted in front of his eyes, staring at him blankly, Bai Qian was startled.Later Li Yuan scratched his head, showing his white teeth, and smiled at Bai Qian honestly, but with a sincere and honest appearance.

It seemed to be back at that time again, Bai Qian gradually became conscious, and the whole world was shrouded in darkness.When the darkness was forcibly stripped away, Bai Qian opened his eyes, saw Li Yuan's fierce face, and smiled to himself in a daze.

It was night, and a dim kerosene lamp was lit on the wooden table, shining a small circle.A little bit of moonlight leaked in through the small window, a few clouds dangled, and the moonlight appeared and disappeared.Li Yuan squatted on the ground, just at the same height as Bai Qian who was lying on his stomach, and asked with concern, "How are you?"

There was a dull pain in the back of the neck, and when I twisted my neck a little, I could feel the hot and humid cloth towel on it, and the hot air wet the collar.Bai Qian let out a breath, did not answer, and asked instead: "Has the spirit test been completed?"

Li Yuan took off the cloth towel, soaked it in hot water, and put it on Bai Qian again: "It's done. During this period of time, you will feel stiff and painful neck, just bear with it, and it will get better within three days." .”

Bai Qian heard from Li Yuan that the general usage of the test needle is to insert it straight from the back of the neck, and the needle must stay in the flesh and blood for at least a stick of incense before it can be pulled out.The process was very tormenting.

Li Yuan stood up, picked up the stone box on the table, and opened it for Bai Qian to see.The test needle was lying in the stone box, and it became more and more purple-black in the darkness, with a thick color, as if it would flow out at any time.Bai Qian was puzzled and asked, "This is?"

Li Yuan looked a little regretful: "Normally, the spiritual test needle will turn green in the artist's body. The artist's spiritual power is different, and the color is also different. I waited for an hour before pulling it out, and it still looks like this."

No change at all.That means that I don't have the spiritual power of a "painter" at all.The only skill he can't use, Bai Qian feels a bit disappointed.After thinking about it, I didn't have such ability before, and I still painted, but now I just changed the place.Anyway, I still have the foundation of painting, so I can sell paintings like before.Furthermore, you can also cooperate with the painter and design by yourself.In short, we must find a way to survive.

Came to this world out of nowhere, Bai Qian had the mentality of "never going back", cut off the back road, forced himself to take root here, and work hard to make progress.

Li Yuan regarded his silence as a blow, stood at a loss and comforted him: "There are many people without spiritual power! It's very normal! Most people still rely on farming, raising chickens and geese by themselves. Weaving and making clothes by yourself. Don’t feel sad, the spirit test consumes the most energy, so you should take a good rest first.”

"It's just a little bit of disappointment, and it will be fine in a while." Bai Qian said, propping up the bed board and trying to sit up.He had limited mobility in the first place, and after such a toss, some simple movements seemed powerless.

Li Yuan quickly leaned over to help him, Bai Qian used his strength to turn over, a strange feeling in his leg came clearly, it was a discomfort he was very familiar with.It was only then that Bai Qian remembered the scene before the spirit test, and belatedly felt an imperceptible tingling pain on the top of his head.

Bai Qian's defense was restrained inward, just to build a protective wall, it was an instinct of self-preservation.After all, I am an outsider, and I am considered an alien to people of this era.For three days, he never thought of raising a sharp spear to target a specific person.

Li Yuan was still babbling: "In fact, it's a good thing to think about it! People with higher spiritual power will suffer more in the spiritual test. Your health is so poor, you have avoided a catastrophe! And What's the use of spiritual power? I can draw clothes, but I live in a small shabby house and can't even eat meat. It's great to be able to draw soldiers, but ordinary painters can't draw soldiers, so it doesn't matter if you have spiritual power or not. It looks the same!"

Bai Qian moved his legs and sat down against the rail of the bed. The discomfort clearly existed, and it wasn't his own illusion.He kept silent. Li Yuan persuaded himself for a long time without any response. He rubbed his nose embarrassingly and asked, "Are you hungry? Let me cook a bowl of noodles for you?"

Bai Qian suddenly called out "Brother Li", with a serious tone, as if he wanted to talk about something.Li Yuan opened and closed his mouth and froze, his eyes darkened slightly, and then he changed his expression and asked, "What's wrong?"

Bai Qian leaned sideways, pulled out the navy blue cloth bag inside, put it by his hand, looked at Li Yuan firmly and said, "If you want, I can give you these."

When Li Yuan was poked at the center, he was terrified in his heart, but his face was as strong as ever, and he asked, "What do you mean?"

Bai Qian made a circle on the backpack strap with his fingertips, and said: "You saved me, and you are so kind to me, you give me food, clothes, and care for me. I should repay your kindness, but..."

Li Yuan still wanted to say goodbye, and argued: "Who doesn't help the sick and weak, I..."

"Brother Li!" Bai Qian interrupted him, "I can give you all of these. But, I only have these for you."

At this point, Li Yuan's thoughts were completely uncovered, the expression on his face changed a few times, and finally fell into nothingness, without any expression at all.

Bai Qian bent down and rolled up his trousers, a dark cloud scattered outside the window, and the moonlight came in, hitting Bai Qian's leg just in time.The unique coldness of metal was just a flash, and the moonlight was hidden behind the clouds again, and everything returned to darkness.Bai Qian exposed his prosthetic limbs to the air, and said, "I can give you those, but I will keep these two legs no matter what. I rely on them to walk."

Li Yuan didn't expect that Bai Qian would find out that he had taken those two artificial legs to study while he was in a coma, but when Bai Qian directly exposed him, his explanation seemed to be powerless.Moreover, he has no reasonable explanation.

Li Yuan took off his coat, lay down on the newly built bed, and said in a muffled voice: "The things on your body are too rare, and it will be a disaster wherever you put them. I don't want your things, so you can leave tomorrow. Do it yourself."

The honest and kind people suddenly became cold and hard, Bai Qian was in a trance for a while, not knowing which Li Yuan was the real person in essence.People who take good care of themselves use the so-called "assistance" to make themselves unconscious, leaving enough time to study their prosthetics.This contrast is chilling, but not unbearable.

There is no way to blame the other party, including the wristwatch and mobile phone in the cloth bag, these things are beyond the scope of this era, and it is normal to be peeped.Bai Qian caressed his left knee, the coldness of the metal and the hardness of the edge of the parts rubbed his palm.Bai Qian thought, it was not Li Yuan's fault, it was himself who strayed into this time and space that went wrong.

He clearly remembered Li Yuan's kindness to him, and it would not be erased because of this.He believed that Li Yuan was a good person.Good people do not conflict with curiosity and greed.

After a long time, Bai Qian rolled up his trousers higher and took off his prosthesis.It is painful for the stump to be stuffed in silicone for a long time, and some places have been slightly red and swollen.Bai Qian stared at Li Yuan from the corner of his eye, quickly adjusted his prosthesis, and put it back on.Li Yuan didn't move until he breathed a sigh of relief.

Over there, Li Yuan heard the rustling sound, and he also paid attention to it with vigor.When the sound stopped, Bai Qian had already lay down.Li Yuan seemed a little unwilling, and asked, "How did you find out?"

Bai Qian chuckled: "The stump is very sensitive. If the prosthesis is slightly misplaced, it will hurt very badly. It's not enough to put it back as it is. Speaking of it, you still lost to 'don't understand'."

"It's because I don't understand, that's why I can't help but touch it. You..." Li Yuan hesitated, and asked, "It often hurts like this?"

"Ah."

With a light sound, like a heavy fist hitting him, Li Yuan said in a muffled voice, "Sorry."

Li Yuan was silent for a moment, and then said: "It's difficult for you to be safe by yourself. If you want to be safe, you'd better find a family to act as a barrier. The five major families have their own strengths. You choose one, and I will send you there tomorrow."

Bai Qian paused for a while before replying: "I should say 'thank you'."

Li Yuan fell silent completely.As the night darkened, the clouds in the sky cleared up, and the moonlight shone down clearly. There was only one small window, like water flowing down from the sky.Neither of them felt sleepy.Li Yuan was playing with the small dagger beside his pillow, and occasionally he could feel Zemu's tiny crumbs.Twirling his fingers, Li Yuan continued to think about his own thoughts, when suddenly he heard footsteps coming from outside the house, chaotic but not chaotic, almost inaudible.

Li Yuan sat up quickly, pinched his fingers to calculate, and exclaimed, "How could it be today!"

The footsteps outside the house were getting closer and closer, Li Yuan stepped to Bai Qian's bed in two steps, picked up his bag and stuffed it into his arms, and said in a low voice, "Try to run west as much as possible!"

Bai Qian looked at him inexplicably, Li Yuan pulled his arm and dragged him out of bed: "Take your things well! Someone will help you to the west! Be sure to take them well!"

Bai Qian knew that Li Yuan would not harm him, so he must be in such a hurry now that he was in such a hurry.It doesn't matter whether he wears shoes or not on prosthetic limbs, Bai Qian simply put on a coat, straddled his bag obliquely on his body, and stood up with his bare feet while leaning on his cane.

The footsteps outside the house suddenly accelerated, and they were already outside the door in a blink of an eye.Seeing that he couldn't get out, Li Yuan took out the knife hanging on the wall, swung the knife and slashed at the back wall, the veins on Nu's forehead popped up, and the tiger's mouth was bleeding.Even so, by the time Li Yuan made a hole, the front door had already been broken open.

The visitors automatically divided into two groups, one group went to catch Li Yuan, and the other two suppressed Bai Qian's actions.Li Yuan seemed to have exhausted his strength just now, and in a daze, he was cut back and pressed to the ground with almost no resistance.

Then a thin man flashed in, wearing a purple brocade robe with cloud patterns, his hair was half tied up and scattered on his shoulders.Unlike the others, he didn't wear a mask, his slender phoenix eyes squinted brightly, his lips were slightly pale, and he had a faint smile.

The man went straight to Bai Qian's side, raised the knife in his hand and dropped it, the strap of the backpack hanging on Bai Qian's body was cut off, and fell down.The man stretched out his hand, caught the cloth bag firmly, weighed it with one hand, and opened it with worry.

The men took Li Yuan's knife and handed it to him.The man flicked the blade with his fingernails, listened to the lingering sound from the blade, and nodded in satisfaction: "Yes, the knife that can cut Zemu is really extraordinary."

His subordinates rummaged through the house and gathered all the knives in one place.The man glanced at it and threw the one in his hand into it.Looking up and looking around, meeting Li Yuan's unwilling eyes, the man smiled lightly and said, "Okay, go back and do business."