Sword from the Immortal Mountain

Chapter 18: I've been waiting for you for a long time

Chen Jin left the table and strolled away from the ancestral hall, gradually leaving the noisy and bustling scene behind him.

Suddenly, there was a sound of chasing footsteps behind him: "Brother, brother, wait a moment."

The voice was clear and crisp, it was my cousin Chen Min.

She held a homemade tin kerosene lamp in her hand and said breathlessly, "It's dark outside and the road is hard to walk on. It's not safe for you to walk alone. My father asked me to take you there."

Chen Jin laughed dumbly: "If you send me off, then when I come back, won't you be alone?"

"I'm not afraid. Even though I'm small, I'm used to walking at night."

Chen Min said loudly, her pretty face looking exceptionally resolute under the light.

Children from poor families have to grow up early. In the countryside, regardless of gender, children will not have any spoiled and delicate temperament.

When Chen Min was six or seven years old, he often followed the adults to the mountains to collect firewood and wild fruits.

Although she was a girl, she did a lot of things like fishing in the river, climbing trees to steal bird eggs, and so on. She had a fierce temper and was very brave.

Perhaps, Chen Abu and his wife raised their only daughter as a son since she was young.

Chen Jin thought for a moment and said, "How about this, you give me the oil lamp. I will have the lamp to light the way, so I won't be afraid."

"No."

The girl was very persistent: "If I don't send you back, my father will definitely scold me."

Chen Jin laughed: "Well, let's go."

Change your mind immediately.

There are plenty of opportunities to visit Chen Liang's family gods, so there is no need to rush.

"Well, I'll go ahead, brother, you follow me."

As he spoke, Chen Min walked ahead with a lantern in hand.

Looking at her slightly thin half-grown figure from behind, her clothes did not fit her properly and looked big, and they fluttered in the wind.

Inexplicably, Chen Jin felt a warm touch deep in his heart.

As late autumn draws to a close, the temperature becomes chilly and insects chirp in the fields.

In fact, it wasn’t that dark outside because of the moonlight.

One young and one old, one in front and one behind, perhaps they had no topic to talk about, so they didn't say anything and just walked silently on the country road.

It was Chen Jin who spoke first, breaking the silence: "Xiao Min, have you ever thought about what you want to do in the future?"

Chen Min said: "What can someone like me do? When I grow up, I will find someone to marry."

"Don't you want to go out for a walk and take a look?"

"I haven't even been to the county town. Mom said the road is long and difficult to travel, and there are many bad people in the city. If I go there, I will be kidnapped."

Chen Jin asked directly: "Do you want to go?"

Chen Min hesitated for a moment before answering with one word: "Yes."

Chen Jin said, "If there is a chance, I will take you to visit the county town."

The girl suddenly stopped, turned around, and asked with sparkling eyes: "Do you keep your word?"

Chen Jin smiled slightly: "I will definitely do what I promised to others."

Chen Min immediately smiled and said, "That's great...Brother, I have something to ask you."

"Just ask."

"Why do I feel like you've become a different person, very different from before."

Chen Jin asked: "Was I not good before?"

Chen Min replied: "It's not that it's bad, but you have never spoken to me like this, let alone taken me to the city to play."

"I should concentrate on studying and taking the imperial examination at that time."

"Brother, I heard that you did well in the exam and will go to the capital to take the exam. How far is the capital?"

"It's quite far..."

As they talked, they crossed the river, went up the hill, and came to the outside of the small house.

Chen Min stopped and said crisply, "Brother, I watched you go into the house and then went back."

Chen Jin said, "Come in, I have something for you." "Oh."

Chen Min blinked her big eyes, didn't ask any more questions, and followed him into the house.

Chen Jin took out a brush and paper and spread them out on the table.

He held a brush in his hand, and suddenly put the brush into his mouth and licked it with his tongue.

Chen Min, who was standing next to him, was very curious and couldn't help asking, "Brother, what are you doing?"

Chen Jin replied: "This is 'moistening the pen'. Use saliva to dissolve the pen tip so that it is easier to write."

As he spoke, he picked up his pen and wrote a word on a piece of white paper:

"just"!
The font is neat and meticulous.

He did not dip the ink in new ink, but directly used the old ink left on the tip of the pen. Although it was not much, after mixing it with saliva, it was enough to write the Chinese character "正" which had few strokes.

Chen Min, however, could not read, so he asked again, "Brother, what did you write?"

Chen Jin blew on it to dry the ink, then began to fold it into a triangle and handed it over: "This is the Chinese character '正'. I folded it into a talisman for you. Don't lose it."

Chen Min said "hmm", took it, and put it close to his body with great care: "Thank you, brother. I'll go home now."

Chen Jin walked her to the door.

Chen Min turned around and waved at him: "Brother, you should go back to the house and close the doors and windows. Dad said that wolves will come down the mountain to look for food."

"it is good."

Chen Jin did not return to the house immediately. Instead, he watched the man and the lamp leave. When they were out of sight, he called out slowly, "Come out."

The figure of the old wolf appeared, holding a fat pheasant in his mouth, and placed it in front of Chen Jin in a flattering manner.

Chen Jin reached out and patted the wolf's head: "I won't go up the mountain tonight. You stay in the temple honestly and don't run around."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The old wolf nodded in response, ran away, and soon disappeared into the night.

Chen Jin took the pheasant and while there was still time, he built a fire, boiled water, and slaughtered the chicken.

I plan to take it to my uncle's house tomorrow morning.

But excuses are hard to come by.

Last time it was “sitting back and waiting for the rabbit”, what should we say this time?
You can't say "frightened chicken"...

After hanging the pheasant, I washed myself, began to meditate, and carried out my daily routine.

In recent days, I have been eating well and my cultivation has been going quite smoothly. If I continue at this pace, I will soon be able to break through to the middle stage of refining essence into qi, which is the second stage.

After finishing my homework, it was getting late at night and I was ready to go to bed.

The house was simple, and the bedding was old and patched up. It took a while to keep warm.

However, Chen Jin had no plans to change.

As your practice improves, as long as you break through to the third realm, you will have a good ability to resist the cold and heat of the climate.

Not so afraid of the cold anymore.

He closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.

Suddenly, a cold wind seemed to blow in from the gaps in the doors and windows, and the temperature in the room dropped rapidly.

"cold……"

Chen Jin seemed to be mumbling in his sleep, his teeth chattering, and he subconsciously rolled up the quilt and wrapped himself up in a ball.

But in a flash, the quilt on his body became as heavy as a thousand pounds and pressed him down all of a sudden. His breathing suddenly became rapid and he almost couldn't breathe.

How is this going?

He began to struggle desperately, but he couldn't get away.

Whoops!

The door opened directly, and a black shadow floated in like a ghost, went straight to the bed, and a cruel grin appeared on his face.

However, the next moment, the smile froze on his face.

Chen Jin sat up as if nothing had happened: "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

(End of this chapter)