A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 954: Siheyuan, the beasts were staring at it from the beginning! (Please subscribe!)

PS: I haven't thought much about opening a new world, so I wrote this chapter a little slowly. I'm really sorry. Also, it's the end of the month, and Xia Tian would like to ask for a monthly ticket. I bow my head for the slow update and thank you for the monthly ticket.

It was February 1962, and the wind was chilly.

In Chaodou Hutong, Nanluoguxiang, Beijing, in the east side room of the courtyard of No. 95, the small room was packed with people.

"Hey, Twelve, you've been fussing about such a small matter for so long. Do you think you're a real man in this city? Just give me a straight answer whether it's okay or not!"

The person who was speaking looked to be in his early thirties and seemed honest, but his face was filled with annoyance and impatience.

Hua Shier sat on the bed, a little confused. Teacher He Bing?

No, something is wrong. This person looks very similar to Teacher He Bing, but he is a lot younger and a bit ruffian.

Looking around, he saw a square-faced man wearing a blue work suit sitting on the right of Hua Twelve. He was about forty-six or forty-seven years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a righteous look on his face.

Next to the square-faced man, a fat man was pouring water from an enamel jug. Next to the fat man was a thin and short man wearing glasses. He looked a bit bookish. He was looking at him sideways with a shrewd look in his eyes.

Combining the impatient look on the face of the young He Bing in front of him, Hua Shier immediately guessed who these three middle-aged men were.

Yi Zhonghai, the Lord of Morality, Liu Haizhong, the loving father and filial son, and Yan Bugui, the abacus master.

  This is the world of "Birds in the Courtyard"!!!

At this moment, a white, warm, but slightly rough little hand pressed on Hua Twelve's hand:

"Twelve, I'm usually nice to you, right? Is it so difficult for you to do me a favor?"

"I have a sister?"

Hua Twelve turned his head and looked at the direction of the voice, and saw a beautiful young woman with delicate features and fair skin sitting on his right. The young woman had a big belly. She was Qin Huairu, the fool who would eat anything without spitting out any bones in "Qinman Siheyuan".

He subconsciously wanted to pull his hand back, but unexpectedly Qin Huairu pulled his hand up:

"Brother, your brother Dongxu has something to ask his friend today, and he hasn't returned from get off work yet. Otherwise, I shouldn't have come to talk to you about this. Look, I've asked you to do me a favor, don't you?"

  He Yuzhu saw Qin Huairu holding down Hua Twelve's hand, and for some reason he felt a little uncomfortable:

"Hey, let's talk business now, stop talking nonsense, it's not good for the environment!"

After saying that, he rolled his eyes at Qin Huairu and Hua Twelve.

Hua Shier pulled his hand out. Qin Huairu didn't feel embarrassed at all. She smiled and glared back at him:

"What's the matter? Twelve is my brother. Dongxu didn't mind when I held his hand. Why do you have a problem with it?"

  Looking at Qin Huairu's shy and coquettish expression, Sha Zhu was instantly attracted by her lust and started laughing foolishly:

"How can that be? I'm here to speak for you. Let's talk business first!"

  At this time, the uncle Yi Zhonghai slapped the bed:

"This is a good thing. No one will suffer. I will make the decision for Twelve. Let's do it this way!"

Qin Huairu's eyebrows lit up instantly: "That's great, thank you very much, uncle!"

He Yuzhu also laughed: "You should have made the decision long ago. Who are you, uncle? We have let our neighbors suffer so much!"

The second uncle Liu Haizhong stood up with a smile: "Okay, everything is settled, I will go back to eat!"

  Yan Bugui also stood up and smiled at Hua Twelve:

"That's it, Twelve. When you have any old furniture you don't want, don't forget your Third Uncle. He's always been very nice to you!"

A group of people were about to leave after chatting and laughing.

"Wait a minute"

  Hua Shier wasn't going to accept this. He had just traveled through time and hadn't yet received the memories of the person he was replacing. He was completely in the dark. How could this be decided?

Especially since Yi Zhonghai said this, it seems that he is helping the Jia family. With Sha Zhu standing beside him doing PUA, the scene is very gloomy. It would be strange if this is a good thing!

When Hua Twelve said this, everyone's smiles froze. He Yuzhu turned around and said:

"Twelve, what's going on? It's endless. You don't suffer any loss in this matter. You don't even want to give face to the uncle, right?"

Although Yi Zhonghai didn't say anything, his face darkened at this moment.

  Qin Huairu pushed Hua Twelve, her beautiful eyes filled with mist, and her tone was filled with reproach:

"What if I have to make me beg you?"

Hua Twelve glanced at a few people and waved his hand:

"Let's not talk about it today. I might have caught a cold. My brain is a little sleepy and I'm not thinking clearly. Whatever it is, let's talk about it tomorrow, okay?"

He Yuzhu frowned immediately and spread his hands to the others: "Deer, I wasted a lot of time talking, but it was all in vain!"

  He wanted to speak again, but Yi Zhonghai stopped him and turned to look at Hua Twelve:

"Okay, then we have to make a deal, Twelve. You must give me a definite answer tomorrow!"

Hua Twelve smiled and nodded: "We are men who stick to our words. We will definitely have accurate news tomorrow!"

Yi Zhonghai nodded, lifted the door curtain and walked out with an expressionless face, looking a little unhappy.

Li Haizhong and Yan Bugui smiled, nodded to Hua Twelve, and followed Yi Zhonghai out of the room.

As He Yuzhu left, he pointed at Hua Twelve and said, "You kid, you're still the same as when you were little, wasting your time!"

  Qin Huairu pushed him from behind, pushed He Yuzhu out of the house, then turned and smiled at Hua Twelve:

"Twelve, think about it carefully. You won't lose anything in this matter!"

After saying that, he pushed He Yuzhu out of the door. As the door curtain fell, the view from inside and outside the house was blocked.

The people outside greeted each other and went back to their homes. Listening to the footsteps, some went to the east wing next door, which should be Yi Zhonghai, some went to the backyard, which should be Liu Haizhong, the one walking towards the front yard was Yan Bugui, and He Yuzhu was whistling, and his footsteps were going towards the main room next door.

Qin Huairu's steps were lighter than those of the others, and she walked towards the west wing.

Hua Twelve said, "They are all wolves with their tails between their legs. Not even one of them closed the door!"

The cold wind outside was blowing into the house. Although he was immune to cold and heat, he didn't feel cold, but he felt uncomfortable with the door open. He walked over to close the door, but just as he reached the door, he heard voices coming from the west wing.

"How about it? Agree?"

No need to guess, the undead summoner Jia Zhang is here.

After closing the door, Hua Shier sat on the bed and felt upset. Why did he have such a courtyard world? Although he had never watched the TV series, he had read a lot of fan fictions. Those novels were so scary. A courtyard full of beasts. If an outsider moved in, he would be gnawed to death unless he had a hundred tricks. Hua Shier complained in his heart that the system was a rip-off. What was the saying about tempering the heart in the mortal world? Wasn't it just a test for cadres? At least a swimming pool full of Victoria's Secret supermodels would be sincere.

The story begins with this system task. This system task is quite special and there are no hints in the task requirements.

mission details:

'The host's strength and realm are far beyond his own character. If this continues, the host will not be able to control his own powerful celestial power, and the demon in his heart will grow, and he will face the risk of becoming a demon.'

Mission requirement 1: "Enter the mortal world and experience the various aspects of the world and the joys, sorrows, anger and happiness of ordinary people in the mission world."

Mission requirement 2: "Set your mind on the Tao, do not be confused by the mundane world, be unmoved by the eight winds, and sit upright on the purple gold lotus."

  (Note 1: This mission is a must-accept mission.)

(Note 2: Due to special reasons, the system will seal the host's cultivation for this mission. The seal will be automatically lifted after the mission is completed.)

When seeing these tasks, Hua Shier knew that he would have to pay the price for choosing not to retain the experience of the mission world after each mission was completed.

He had long known that 'not retaining the feelings of the mission world' was a double-edged sword. The advantage was that he could maintain his original intention, and would not be disturbed by the emotions in the mission world after experiencing countless worlds, and his personality would not change with the passage of time in the mission world.

When practicing in this way, your mind will be as pure as it was at the beginning, with very few distracting thoughts. You can also maintain your enthusiasm for practice and make progress courageously.

But there are side effects as well. As the system said this time, the growth of his mind and character could not keep up with the improvement of his strength. He overcame the tribulation and became an immortal in the Shushan world. This side effect was finally exposed. And judging from the system, he was on the verge of becoming a demon.

In fact, Hua Shier himself could also experience that before he ascended to the previous world, when he unified that world, he was somewhat cruel and murderous. During the Western Expedition, he even ordered the massacre of cities several times.

If he had not been protected by the aura of an emperor and the destiny of the Ming Dynasty at that time, and if he had not fought against the destiny of heaven and even started a national war, the sins brought about by the killing would have doomed him to eternal damnation when he was undergoing the tribulation.

At that time, he suspected that there was something wrong with his character, so he deliberately restrained himself in the later period and did not kill all the Western barbarians. He left them a last habitat in Africa.

  If Hua Shier had not sensed the problem with his own character at the time, how could he have given the aliens a chance to live?

It was not the first time he had done this in other worlds before, but this time his character had changed. If he continued to kill, it would cause problems for himself, so he showed mercy.

When Hua Shier saw the task, he felt very satisfied that the system could detect his condition and issue the mind-refining task in a timely manner. Without thinking too much, he chose to accept the task and enter the task world on the evening of the task being issued.

But I never expected that it would be "the courtyard full of birds".

But think about it, there are all kinds of strange people in "Qinman Siheyuan", all kinds of crouching dragons and phoenixes. It is quite suitable to temper one's mind in the world of mortals here. It's just that the degree of difficulty is a bit high. He will probably have to resist the urge to kill his neighbors in the future. It's hard to bear just thinking about it.

In addition, Hua Shier also understood why the system wanted to seal his cultivation.

Firstly, his identity as an ordinary person makes it easier for him to cultivate his mind, and secondly, the courtyard world is not only in the Dharma Ending Age, where all evildoers are suppressed, but if his cultivation is not sealed, it might damage his foundation, which would be troublesome.

I lay down on the bed, communicated with the system in my mind, opened the skill page, and found that many skills had turned gray, and should have been sealed.

Thinking that he hadn't paid attention to the improvement of skills for a long time, Hua Shier began to look at it carefully.

  Hua Shier discovered that the system page had changed, and an additional word (Fan) appeared at the top of the page!

Except for the "World's Most Hard Skill" (Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training), which has been upgraded from the original third level "Entering the Hall" to the fifth level "Comprehensive", all other skills have been perfected and become the eighth level, which is also the highest level of the system, "Return to the Basics".

Hua Shier nodded. It seemed that the world had improved a lot, but this "hardest skill in the world" was a little unexpected. He originally thought that it would be fine even if it was not fully upgraded, but he did not expect that it was only upgraded by two levels. It was really getting harder and harder to improve as he practiced further.

However, because of this, he became more interested in this hard skill. You know, he has already passed the tribulation and become an immortal, but this hard skill has not been fully accumulated. It can be seen that the upper limit of this hard skill is unimaginable and extraordinary.

  Hua Twelve also took a special look at his physical strength, which had changed from the original '1,300 jin' to '3,000 jin'! (In ancient times, one jin was equal to 30 catties, and 3,000 jin was equal to 90,000 catties.)

Hey, after watching to the end, Hua Shier discovered a problem. Several skills were missing, such as Xiaoyao Yufeng, Ma family magic, and his Erlang Shen Eye. Why were they not displayed?

But he suddenly remembered that this page was marked with the word (mortal), so where there is mortal, there must be immortal. As soon as he thought about it, the skill page changed and automatically turned a page, revealing the page marked (immortal) at the back.

Hua Twelve understood instantly that all the words marked on this page were magical spells from the immortals.

The first one is the Ma family spell that disappeared on the previous page.

The Ma family's various magics have changed from "beginner's practice" to "mastery". The original mark "can only be used when the dragon borrows magic!" is gone now, which means Hua Twelve can use it with his own strength.

Next is the 'Nine Sword Forging Methods', which is the fourth stage (slightly successful)

  'Tian Dun Sword Technique' (Comprehensive Mastery)

'Qingcheng Sword Technique' (Comprehensive Understanding)

The original "Sword Controlling Technique" is no longer there, probably having been replaced by three advanced sword control techniques.

There is no page for 'Xiaoyao Yufeng', but there is an additional 'Tengyunjiwu' level which is 'Beginner'. It is estimated that after he passed the tribulation, Xiaoyao Yufeng's flying technique also changed from 'mortal' to 'immortal'.

  Finally, the magical power: 'Erlang Shen's Eyes' (slow, microscopic, yin and yang, divine light, delusion-breaking, demon-illuminating.)

This page is basically in a gray sealed state, with only the 'Erlang Shen's Eyes' being bright. However, among the several functions of the Divine Eyes, the offensive 'Divine Light' is gray, while the others 'Slow Speed', 'Microscopic', 'Yin and Yang', 'Breaking Delusion' and 'Illuminating Demons' are all bright.

Hua Shier didn't care about the system sealing his cultivation level. He was on the verge of becoming a demon anyway, so it was better to seal him. It would be best if he could unseal him after his mind training was finished.

Besides, the system only sealed his cultivation, but he still had magic weapons and alien spaceships. His combat power was the ceiling in this world, so there was nothing to worry about.

As soon as he closed the system page, a strange memory suddenly flooded into Hua Twelve's mind.

After a moment, Hua Twelve finally understood what was happening.

The identity of this world is not to replace the indigenous people, but is specially arranged by the system.

After Hua Shier learned about his identity, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry at the system's arrangement. At the same time, he also understood what Yi Zhonghai and the others had come to discuss with him before.

The house he lived in was the wing on the east side of the central courtyard, next to He Yuzhu's main house and adjacent to the east wing where He Yushui lived.

There are three rooms in the east wing. He Yushui lives in the northern one, and the other two are the homes of Yi Zhonghai and Yi Yama. The west wing in the central courtyard is slightly smaller than the east wing and is where the Jia family lives.

The Jia family's house was not big to begin with, with five people living in it: Jia Zhangshi, son Jia Dongxu, daughter-in-law Qin Huairu, grandson Banggeng, and granddaughter Xiaodang. Now Qin Huairu was pregnant again, and the family would have six when she gave birth. As a result, the house was too crowded, so the Jia family chose the ear room of Zhonghua Twelve.

This time, the Jia family found three old men to help negotiate and wanted Hua Twelve to move to the utility room in the backyard and give this ear room to the Jia family. Of course, it was not given away for free, and the Jia family agreed to compensate him with 100 yuan.

The three uncles and Qin Huairu came over just now to discuss this matter. As for Sha Zhu, he just came over to join in the fun.

After getting these memories, Hua Twelve couldn't help but sneer. The utility room had been in disrepair for a long time. It leaked in the summer and was windy in the winter. Even though prices were low these days, repairing the house would cost more than a hundred dollars. These people were taking him for a fool.

After some self-adjustment, Hua Shier told himself that he was here to cultivate his mind and that he must not get angry, let alone kill his neighbors.

He had already made up his mind that he would simply reject the Jia family and the three masters tomorrow. Let them do whatever they want. If they really dare to target him, he would just see who has stronger means. Before he had the use of force, he also used his brain to bully people.

(End of this chapter)