I was forced to cultivate immortality when I just wanted to lie down

Chapter 378 Mechanical Wooden Mouse, Banshu Technique (6k)

With the matter of the Qingqiu Ruins settled, Xu Qing's next step is to set up a ritual and perform the Immortal-Seeking Technique, which can only be used once every twelve years.

Inside the coroner's shop, the moonlight was bright, and a zombie was performing a ritual.

The Celestial Immortal's Robe transformed into a crimson-purple Immortal Robe. Xu Qing held three incense sticks, offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, and then began to perform hand seals and chant incantations, unleashing his long-dormant Immortal-Seeking Divine Power.

"All things return to the Heavenly Way, all immortals return to their camps. Tonight we bid farewell to the guest from Penglai, for another day we will renew our immortal bond."

At the third quarter of midnight, the moonlight was as white as frost.

Xu Qing performed the ritual steps, chanting incantations.

When the mysteries of the sun and moon connect with the changes in heaven and earth, a hidden destiny of immortality in the world is revealed!

This time, Xu Qing's consciousness did not rise from the ground as it did last time, but instead went straight down three thousand feet into the earth, arriving at the Yin River Realm, which was isolated from the mortal world.

A moment later, as if he were drowning, Xu Qing suddenly looked up. In the last instant of his thoughts returning, he saw an abandoned temple with the words "General of Heaven" written on its plaque.

"General of Heaven"

Xu Qing frowned, remembering the Cat Immortal Hall's prized possession, the Rice Bowl.

The origin of this bowl is inextricably linked to General Tiangong.

When the Heavenly General founded the Way of Peace, he once went to Heming Mountain to borrow a precious artifact from the Righteous One Sect, also known as the Five Pecks of Rice Sect.

That precious artifact was called the Rice Bowl.

The rice bowl is a religious artifact of the Five Pecks of Rice sect. Although small, this bowl can hold ten thousand bushels of millet.

If famine or disaster strikes, it can produce an endless supply of rice and grain, truly a creature born in response to calamity.

Later, the Taiping Dao disappeared, and the bowl was hidden from the world.

Some say the magic weapon concealed itself and disappeared into the netherworld; others say it was simply not the appointed time.

Another version of the story is that the Heavenly General destroyed the rice bowl himself before he died.

However, no one believed the last explanation. After all, that bowl was a remarkable treasure, and the Heavenly General's lifelong pursuit was to save the world and its people. No matter what, he shouldn't have destroyed that treasure. It didn't make sense.
"General Tiangong may have had some spiritual power in his lifetime, but he was definitely not an immortal. Could it be related to the old immortal that the other party encountered in the legends?"

The next morning, after handing over all matters concerning the Mourning Gate, Cat Fairy Hall, and Baosheng Temple to Xuan Yu for supervision, Xu Qing packed his bags early, intending to go to the Yin River to see what was going on at the General Temple!

Unfortunately, just as Xu Qing was about to leave, a customer arrived at the shop.

The key point is that this customer is his long-time partner at the mortuary, the young carpenter at the woodworking shop at the end of the street.

As soon as the young carpenter arrived at the door, he knelt down and kowtowed three times to Xu Qing without saying a word.

Alright! Xu Qing knew from seeing this scene that someone he knew had gone there again.

Sure enough, the next moment he heard the carpenter say:
“Mr. Xu, my master is gone, and I have no other relatives left. Now, the only ones who can help me are my neighbors. Please lend me a hand. From now on, my carpentry business will be the business of our family, and I will be Mr. Xu’s carpenter.”

Xu Qing sensed something unusual in the other party's words. If it were just a normal matter of disposing of a corpse and holding a funeral, why would one need to sell themselves and mortgage their storefront?

There's probably something else going on here.
Xu Qing thought of the deaf-mute old carpenter, and a thought struck him. He suddenly asked, "Did your master leave us uneasy?"

The young carpenter was visibly more excited.

It's not just not very stable, it's extremely unstable!
Upon hearing this, Xu Qing immediately became interested.

As a result, he postponed the matter of his chance to become an immortal.

Collecting corpses and performing rituals for their souls is his job. Not to mention the Heavenly Emperor, even if the Heavenly Emperor himself came, he would have to wait in line and register!
The young carpenter's name was Shi Buque. He was originally a beggar who fled from war. He was later taken in by the old carpenter "Lu Huashou" and given the name "Buque".

Shi Bujue is always smiling at people and loves to repair tables, chairs, and benches for his neighbors for free, as well as do some small woodwork.

In short, this kid has a good character. The only drawback is that his carpentry skills are still far inferior to those of the old carpenter.

The things made by the old carpenter have a spirit and a special charm.

A carpenter is purely craftsman-like; whatever woodwork he does is done meticulously and neatly, and you absolutely cannot find any fault with it, but you also can't find any particularly noteworthy merits.

Xu Qing followed the carpenter all the way to the end of the street, and Xuan Yu, who loved watching the excitement, also followed along the street.

Before entering, Xu Qing specifically asked:
"Just how exactly is your master so unsettled?"

Shi Buque opened his mouth, unsure of how to respond, and finally simply said, "Sir, you'll understand once you enter."

Xu Qing didn't take it seriously. He reached out and pushed the door, but the next moment the perfectly good wooden door fell to the ground, raising a huge cloud of dust!

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Xu Qing turned to look at Shi Buque, as if to say, "I didn't use any force. It's your door that's trying to scam me. Don't blame me!"
Shi Buque hurriedly explained, "It's not your fault, sir. I went out earlier by climbing over the wall, but this door is off-limits."

Xu Qing still didn't take it too seriously. He stepped through the doorway, but after taking only two steps, he suddenly heard the sound of wooden planks falling to the ground behind him.

The two turned their heads and saw Xuan Yu squatting up, pointing with his paw at the fallen threshold, meaning that the threshold fell by itself, and he had just jumped on it and stepped on it, so it had nothing to do with him!
Xu Qing raised an eyebrow and turned to Shi Buque, saying, "My cat is well-fed and a bit heavy. I'll put that threshold back on for you later."

Shi Buque wiped the sweat from his brow and said with a forced smile, "It's alright. As long as Mr. Xu doesn't take it to heart and is willing to prepare my master's body for burial, I'm already very grateful to him!"

Xu Qing felt pleased to hear this; look at this little carpenter, how eloquent he is.

However, on the short journey to the main hall, any wooden objects that Xu Qing and Xuan Yu encountered, whether doors, windows, tables, chairs, or various wood carvings and works of art, would immediately fall apart with the slightest touch!

Unfortunately, Xuan Yu is a cat that likes to climb up and down hills and doesn't walk on main roads. It was a close call that the carpenter's house was demolished along the way!
Upon arriving at the main hall, Xu Qing finally noticed something amiss. He gestured for Xuan Yu not to touch anything, and at the same time asked Shi Buque, "The woodworking in your shop is really a bit unconventional. I can accept that the tables and chairs are missing a leg, but how come the main beam of your house is also missing a section?"

Looking at the roof beam above his head, which was noticeably shorter, Xu Qing finally understood what the "unstable" part of the stone without a gap meant.

Because on the missing section of the roof beam, there was an upside-down coffin supporting the gap. The coffin was not sealed, and a mangled corpse was embedded inside, just like the mortise and tenon structure used in carpentry.

At this moment, the body in the coffin was firmly embedded in the section of the broken roof beam, and one of the body's legs was embedded in a hole in the wall through the coffin, serving as a key node supporting the entire house.

The corpse-driving trade has a method of burning corpses by hanging them from beams and coffins, but this method of using a coffin as a beam is something Xu Qing has never seen before.

He could foresee that if the old carpenter's body were removed, the entire dilapidated house would likely be reduced to ruins in an instant.

In addition, Xu Qing also discovered that, besides the tables and chairs missing arms and legs, the carpenter's body, which served as the connecting beam, was also missing an arm and a leg.

The missing arm was stuck behind the door, seemingly using itself as a bolt.

And those legs, what kind of good person would use their own legs as bed legs?
Having seen so many elaborately decorated corpses, Xu Qing thought he could no longer feel any emotion, but upon meeting the old carpenter today, he realized that he was still quite naive!

The unusual style of the corpse really piqued his interest.

"Little carpenter, go outside and guard the door. Your master and I will be alone for a while. Don't worry, I'll be back in a bit."

Shi Buque repeatedly expressed his gratitude, his thanks evident in his words.

The main hall was also a workshop, and Xu Qing discovered that the carpenter was a carpenter fanatic. All sorts of carpentry tools were displayed in the rest area, the dining area, and the tea room.

Planes, chisels, ink lines, files, and large and small saws, a wide bench for shaving, and some finished items of various sizes.

Xu Qing wasn't interested in anything else, but after a quick glance, he noticed two interesting things.

A Luban lock, a mahogany Luban stool, and a damaged object in the corner that looks like a flying bird.

The reason it's described as damaged is because the bird was missing a wing and a leg.

Xu Qing seemed to be deep in thought. This place had clearly become a forbidden area, and the carpenter above his head was the earthbound spirit of this forbidden area.

As for the prohibited items, it is clear that wooden furniture with all four limbs intact and legs not allowed.

However, this was only because the old carpenter had only recently died and there were still some remaining principles. If it were to continue for a while longer, even the insects and rats that walked out of this yard would probably need to use crutches.

Even the carpenter Shi Buque will likely not escape this calamity.

Xu Qing went to the roof beam and used two pieces of wood, one long and one short, as substitutes. The shorter piece was placed on the beam to replace the old carpenter's body, while the longer piece was placed on the ground to support the shorter piece.

This way, the house could be kept standing for the time being, and the old carpenter's body could be removed.

Next, Xu Qing brought the door bolt and bed leg to the old carpenter to reattach them.

Isn't that amazing? Xu Qing had just finished the reattachment surgery using the mother-child needle technique when the carpenter's corpse stood up straight like a puppet, looking ferocious as it tried to dismember Xu Qing's arms and legs!

This is blatant ingratitude!
How could Xu Qing tolerate him? After a big competition, the old neighbors would immediately know who was the ruler and who was the subject.

Still trying to run away? Come back here!

Just as the corpse was about to run away, Xuan Yu, who was near the door, stretched out her claw and scooped it up, causing the old carpenter to instantly bang his head on the ground.

Xu Qing grabbed the carpenter's ankle and dragged him back onto the carpenter's bed.

As the pages of the Salvation Sutra began to turn, the old carpenter, whose last line of defense had been breached, instantly lost all his strength to resist.

Through the revolving lantern, Xu Qing witnessed the old carpenter's life.

This carpenter, nicknamed Lu Huashou, was actually named Lu Xiaoshi. Originally from Dunhuang, he used to talk nonsense as a child, often spouting supernatural and ghostly things. Over time, the people in the neighborhood stopped paying attention to him, avoiding him like the plague, thinking he had mental problems.

Lu Xiaoshi was feeling depressed. His father was mute and had a broken leg. He usually just kept to himself and never spoke to him. So he was thinking of doing some attention-grabbing things to amuse himself.

On this day, Lu Xiaoshi went to find his childhood sweetheart, wanting to confide in her. When he arrived, he was carrying a pair of small figures that he had carved with a woodworking knife.

The figures were crudely made, but one could vaguely make out that it was a girl with braids, and the other was a boy, who was a size larger than the slender girl.

A pair of small wooden figures holding hands look both eerie and heartwarming.

Lu Xiaoshi skipped and hopped with the little figure in his hand, but before he even reached Qingmei's house, he saw a group of fierce-looking servants and maids take Qingmei into a sedan chair, and they never looked back.

Xiao Shi ran to the girl's house to ask, but the elders there didn't take him seriously at all. Xiao Shi only saw the girl's mother crying and the girl's father squatting on the threshold, slapping himself repeatedly, saying that he was useless and couldn't even protect his own daughter.

Lu Xiaoshi watched anxiously, scratching his head in frustration. Even though he had ears and a mouth, he couldn't help, and the person wouldn't tell him what was going on inside.

You're just a kid, and your dad's mute. You can barely take care of yourselves, so what else do you want to do?
Lu Xiaoshi walked home listlessly. For the next few days, the boy barely ate or slept. Day and night, he would just sit on the doorstep in a daze and not say a word.

The mute carpenter watched anxiously, unable to utter a sound, unaware of what was wrong with his child.

When pushed too far, Lu Xiaoshi turned around woodenly and, mimicking the words of the girl's elders, said, "Mute carpenter":

"I'm just a kid, and you're mute. We can barely take care of ourselves, what else do we want to do?"

Lu Xiaoshi seemed to have lost his soul. He muttered to himself, "If I can't even take care of myself, why should I live like a piece of wood?"

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The mute carpenter was stunned for a moment, then a look of struggle appeared in his eyes, as if he was having some kind of internal struggle.

Two days later, the mute carpenter took out a book and handed it to Lu Xiaoshi.

He gestured and drew on the ground for a long time before Lu Xiaoshi finally understood what his father wanted to say.

The mute carpenter said that if you want revenge and power, you should study this book, but the deeper you study it, the deeper you will be trapped.

After gesturing for a while, the mute carpenter opened his mouth again and pointed to his throat, then gestured towards the positions of Lu Xiaoshi's seven orifices.

That means if you study too deeply, you'll end up like him, or even have to pay a higher price.

Lu Xiaoshi didn't care at all. As long as he could have the power to not be bullied and to protect the people he wanted to protect, it would be worth it even if he became mute or blind!

From that day on, Lu Xiaoshi would go to the school to learn to read by following the wall during the day, and at night he would learn carpentry by working under the moonlight. Spring came and autumn went, and the seasons changed.

Seven years have passed in the blink of an eye. In this year, the carpenter's family lost a mute carpenter, but gained a new carpenter who had mastered his skills.

The new carpenter was taciturn and hadn't spoken a word since he finished arranging the funeral for the mute carpenter. He wouldn't respond when others called him.

Later, as more people sought out Lu Xiaoshi for carpentry work, they learned that the young carpenter had become deaf at some point, and like his father, had become mute.

But the carpenter's skills were the best in the surrounding area, even surpassing those of his mute father.

On this day, Lu Xiaoshi received a job to carve windows for the new house of the local gentry, Master Lu, as well as make some doors, cabinets, and other items.

Before Lu Xiaoshi went deaf, he had heard rumors in the town that the young master of the Lu family had contracted a rare disease that caused his body to shrink and age year by year.

No one could cure this disease, and no one had even heard of it. Later, Master Lu found a master who claimed to be a Celestial Master of the Celestial Master's Mansion, and that master gave him an idea.

That means finding someone the same age as the young master, born under the same sun and moon, and transferring that person's life force and destiny to the young master through a ritual, thus curing the disease.

About seven years ago, the sickly young master of the Lu family suddenly seemed to have changed overnight. He could not only run and jump, but his complexion was no different from that of an ordinary person.

At first, the people in the town and village didn't realize anything was wrong, until a drunkard ran to the Lu family mansion, crying and wailing, demanding that the man return his daughter's life. Only then did everyone connect the sudden recovery of the Lu family's son with the drunkard's daughter.

But no one had any evidence. Master Lu had previously served as the magistrate of another county. He was a powerful and influential man, and no one wanted to offend him.

As for the drunkard, it is said that he was found drowned in the river one day. The officials finally ruled that he had fallen while drunk and drowned himself.

Now, the silent Lu Xiaoshi arrived at Master Lu's house with an inkwell, a plane, and an axe.

The ink line is used to measure the length and quality of wood, the plane is used to remove the clothes of beasts, and the axe is used to trim wood. Anything that is bad must be removed and thrown away!
Besides these, Lu Xiaoshi also had a second-hand coffin nail in his bag. Over the years, he hadn't done much other carpentry work, but he made the most coffins for the dead!

Master Lu was a mean and ungrateful man. When the new house was just being built, the old man always found fault with everything. Although he didn't use any vulgar words, his words were even more offensive than cursing.

He criticized many of the workers who came to do the work, but there was one person whom Master Lu could not find fault with: the carpenter Lu Xiaoshi.

This person's craftsmanship is truly exceptional; the mortise and tenon joints fit together perfectly, the beams and pillars are straight and upright, and the carved wooden windows look almost alive!
Even the wooden carvings in the imperial palace cannot compare to Lu Xiaoshi's casual creations.

The Lu family's new house was built very quickly.

However, no one noticed that this seemingly flawless deaf-mute carpenter had secretly buried many unspeakable talismans in his outwardly splendid and impressive mansion.

The main beam is the most crucial part of building a house roof.

Firecrackers were set off all day, and the area was decorated with red ribbons and colorful decorations.

Lu Xiaoshi personally climbed up the beam frame and, by his own strength, carried the beam that symbolized the 'head of the family' and installed it.

Just as everyone was cheering and Master Lu was burning incense and worshipping with a smug look on his face, Lu Xiaoshi used his body to shield himself, flipped his wrist, and took out a three-inch-long coffin nail from his pocket.

He had personally nailed the coffin together when he made coffins for others over the years, and then, a month and a half after the deceased was buried, on a dark and windy night, he pulled out the most important coffin nails.

This repeated use resulted in the black nail that has been used by seven or eight different coffin owners.

The nail looked dark and ominous, exuding a chilling and sinister aura.

Lu Xiaoshi spotted an inconspicuous mortise in Liang Xin, exerted force with his wrist, and, taking advantage of the firecracker noise, drove the nail in hard!
This move is called "Heart-Piercing Killer," which brings ruin and death to the family, and the extinction of their lineage!

In addition to the roof beams, when the foundation was being dug earlier, Lu Xiaoshi took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and buried a small wooden puppet three feet deep in the center of the main hall.

The puppet was carved from locust wood, and its eyebrows, eyes, and body shape bear a striking resemblance to the young master of the Lu family, who was an official from another region.

The puppet's heart was marked with a red dot of cinnabar, and its body was wrapped with ink lines. The birth date and time of the puppet, which belonged to both the young master of the Lu family and Lu Xiaoshi's childhood sweetheart, were engraved on its back.

This technique is called "Suppressing the Puppet," which is mainly used to ward off disasters, illnesses, nightmares, and misfortunes. It is a method of suppressing nightmares that targets a specific person.

When it came time to build the new bed, Lu Xiaoshi took out a wooden turtle with its four legs tied together by a red rope and its head and tail connected, and embedded it into the bed frame.

This move, called "Turtle Guarding the Bed," signifies discord between husband and wife, and the male being a thief and the female a prostitute. It's meant to put a "turtle hat" on Master Lu, and is considered a form of psychological attack.

The house was completed, and the well was also dug.

On his last day of work, Lu Xiaoshi washed his hands and a shiny wooden mouse slipped out of his sleeve. With a thud, he threw it into the well.

The rat was also made of locust wood and repeatedly soaked in tung oil, so it sank very quickly.

There's a saying about this move: "Wooden Rat Sinks into the Pool," which signifies the depletion of wealth. Like a rat digging a hole, the family fortune will eventually be devoured.

After finishing his work, Lu Xiaoshi collected his wages, carried the wooden box on his back, and left the village without even going home.

Now, Master Lu had just moved into his new house with great joy.

Soon after, strange things started happening in the house.

First, his only son, who was an official in another place, suddenly suffered a relapse of a strange illness and became as sickly as he had been seven years ago. Helpless, he had no choice but to retire and return to his hometown.

Later, Young Master Lu developed hysteria, and in the middle of the night he would talk nonsense, shouting, "Nail! There are nails nailing me, it hurts so much!"

Master Lu consulted numerous renowned doctors and administered countless medicinal decoctions, but to no avail.

Within three months, Young Master Lu was bleeding from his mouth and nose and died!
Next was Madam Lu.

Ever since her son died, the lady has become mentally unstable, always saying that she hears something crawling under the bed and something biting her feet.

Later, people discovered that Madam Lu often wandered around the courtyard at night with her hair disheveled and completely naked, laughing and saying, "My lord, come on, let's have some fun together!"

Less than six months later, Madam Lu, who had been confined to her home, hanged herself in her room.

Master Lu is the head of the family, and he himself is no good either!

The once lucrative business was ruined by fire, river pirates, or cargo ships that inexplicably sank to the bottom of the river, with the crew saying it was caused by rats.

In short, within six months, the family fortune was lost through selling land and farmland, and the money couldn't be used to plug the ever-growing hole.

Master Lu suffered from insomnia every night, always feeling a tightness in his chest, as if something was pinning him down, making it hard to breathe.

It was a perfectly good bed, but when I closed my eyes, it felt like I was lying in a sealed coffin.

In just two short years, the once-great Lu family collapsed like a building crumbling, with not only its members dying out, but also its vast fortune vanishing!
The once bustling Lu Mansion has become eerily quiet, with even stray dogs avoiding it.

One night, the completely mad Lu Yuanwai set his own mansion on fire!

The villagers watched the towering flames and vaguely heard mournful howls coming from within the fire, unable to distinguish whether it was the sound of the wind or human voices.

The once magnificent mansion was reduced to rubble overnight.

When the government officials brought people from the Water Dragon Bureau to clear the ruins, they pulled out a shiny black coffin nail from the charred beams.

Deep within the foundation, a half-burnt locust wood doll wrapped with ink lines was unearthed.

In the main room, a small, twisted wooden turtle, still bound by a red rope, rolled out...

Those knowledgeable in the Yin arts saw those talismans and said they were methods to kill off offspring, evil arts that damage one's virtue, and the long-lost Banshu technique.

In the carpenter's workshop, Xu Qing shook his head.

Craftsmen should not be deceived, and honest people should not be trifled with.

That spell of nightmare is like poison or a curse. Once the grievances of the deaf and mute are sealed, they are more deafening than the power of the tyrant and more raging than a wildfire!
Lu Xiaoshi moved to Tianjin and became the coffin supplier for his mortuary, a job he held for over twenty years.

Xu Qing now understands why his coffin is more comfortable to lie in than others'; the root of the problem lies with the old carpenter.

The page turning stopped, and Xu Qing glanced at the reward.

A book on Lu Ban's craftsmanship, a picture of divine craftsmanship, both contain the character "地" (earth).

The Lu Ban Book is divided into two volumes. The first volume talks about proper construction techniques, while the second volume is full of unorthodox methods such as curses, exorcisms, and summoning ghosts.

The latter, the Immortal Craftsmanship Diagram, is an immortal craftsmanship technique that transforms the mundane into the miraculous. This technique has transcended the boundaries of the mortal world and reached the realm of spiritual communication and divine intervention.

Xu Qing used whatever materials were available, without even needing an axe or saw. With a flick of the corpse's claw, wood chips flew everywhere, and in no time he had repaired the house. At the same time, he also repaired the wings of the bird that had been placed in the corner.

As soon as they stepped out of the main hall, Shi Buque immediately went up to greet them.

Xu Qing looked at Shi Buque and suddenly understood.

Most people who practice the Lu Ban Book suffer from at least one of the five deficiencies and three shortcomings. This child did not receive the true teachings of the Lu Ban Book, nor did he learn the immortal craftsmanship. However, it was not that the old carpenter was unwilling to teach him, but rather that he did not want him to be like him, 'lacking a skill'.

Shi Buque peeked into the room and saw that his master had already been dressed in his burial clothes, and his severed limbs had been stitched up. His master's face was filled with a satisfied smile.

After instructing Shi Buque to go to the coffin room to hire someone to handle the funeral arrangements, Xu Qing, who had other matters to attend to, left the carpenter's workshop.

Back at the coroner's shop, Xu Qing suddenly pulled a wooden carving from his sleeve and handed it to Xuan Yu.

"This is a mechanical wooden rat, a gift for Immortal Xuanyu."

Xuan Yu's eyes lit up as he looked at the lifelike wooden rat.

Xu Qing said with a smile, "This wood rat is fragile, you mustn't let it die."

Xuan Yu said confidently, "Xu Xianjia, rest assured, I will definitely treat it well!"

Treat it well by playing with it eight hundred times a day.

　I was planning to post this in the morning, but I overslept.

　　I had a nightmare last night; I dreamt that a bunch of spoiled rich kids had their lackeys chasing me down.

　　When I ran away, I came to the edge of a cliff, where many elderly people who looked ignorant were peering down.

　　I thought to myself, how dangerous is this!
　　Sure enough, the next moment an old lady screamed, slipped, and fell.

　　I said, "It's too dangerous, don't stand on the side."

　　Nobody listens. They're all jumping around like dumplings being dropped into a pot. It's a real mess.

　　Just then, I suddenly heard a sound echoing in my ears. I followed the sound to the end of the cliff and found a Western dragon making a demonic sound in the air, tempting people to jump off the cliff.

　　I couldn't beat it, so I had no choice but to run away.

　　The scene shifts to a tropical-like place where many chickens are nesting on the beach.

　　I was incredibly thirsty when I spotted a short, bushy tree nearby. Guess what?

　　Hey! There are lots of eggs hanging on that tree, the kind with only soft shells, like bunches of grapes.

　　I picked a bunch and started sucking the egg liquid inside.

　　After eating and drinking my fill, I continued on my journey and came across a church where a princess lived. She said she had escaped from the clutches of a dragon.

　　I'm talking to her right now.
　　Then, lo and behold! The dream ended!

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　　I also recommend a very good book called "Winter Returns".

　　Synopsis: This is a coming-of-age story set on a small island in winter, featuring a group of young men and women, filled with warmth, thrills, and romance.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)