Under One Person: The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain

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On the other side, the minibus stopped two kilometers away from the main playground, next to a playground the size of two basketball courts.

Four children in protective suits got off the bus in a line and stood in the middle of the field, far apart, with a large empty space around them.

Cheng Mo and Xia He helped the four children take off their protective suits.

The children stood on the hardened ground, the wind passing through them.

They were all looking at Cheng Mo because... they wanted to see him.

This older brother brings them meals every day, eats with them, and teaches them to read.

They don't know that this is called "liking".

They just felt less afraid when their older brother was around.

Cheng Mo squatted down, looked them in the eye, and smiled brightly: "From today onwards, you have to call me senior brother."

The four children stared at him blankly.

Cheng Mo's smile remained unchanged as he stood up and stretched his arms and legs.

"Come on, follow your senior brother's movements."

He began, slowly raising both hands.

The first movement of the Eight Pieces of Brocade is "Holding Up the Sky with Both Hands to Regulate the Three Burn

"Breathe slowly. Inhale when you raise your hand, hold your breath briefly while supporting it, and exhale when you lower it."

He did it very slowly, pausing for several seconds at each movement.

The children started moving, imitating Cheng Mo by raising their hands.

The training left to them by the Medicine Immortal Society has now become a strange advantage—

All they have to do is watch and do as instructed.

No need for understanding, no need for agreement, no need for liking.

Just do it.

Cheng Mo didn't correct them and continued.

"Inhale as you turn around, and exhale as you turn back."

"Inhale as you raise your hand, exhale as you lower it. Take it slowly, no need to rush."

The children followed him as he raised and lowered his hands, and as he inhaled and exhaled.

His movements were clumsy, but he was very earnest.

Xia He watched from the side, her hands itching to do so.

She walked behind the children, stopped, and did it with Cheng Mo.

She had long since mastered the Eight Pieces of Brocade; she could do it with her eyes closed without making a mistake.

The children sensed someone behind them, but none of them turned around to look; they continued to follow Cheng Mo's movements.

Cheng Mo suddenly noticed a change.

The feeling was hard to describe; it was as if the surrounding air had thickened a little, or as if something was flowing between them.

Just like the rhythm of practicing kung fu with Xia He every night, it now seems to have drawn the children in as well.

In places unseen by Cheng Mo, a faint pink mist began to spread.

It was very faint and light, emanating from Xia He and slowly spreading, enveloping everyone within it.

Cheng Mo only knew that the current rhythm was very comfortable, the movements were smooth, and his breathing was longer than usual.

Complete one round of the Eight Pieces of Brocade.

Cheng Mo didn't stop and started the second time immediately.

The children followed him, and their movements became a little smoother than before.

Do it twice.

Cheng Mo finished his practice, slowly lowered his hands, and stood still.

Xia He then finished her practice, and the pink mist was slowly absorbed into her body as she finished.

The children stopped what they were doing, and then they froze.

The world before my eyes seems to have changed.

The colors are now more abundant.

The sky is bluer, and the grass is greener.

Senior Brother Cheng Mo is a little more handsome than before.

Xia He is a little prettier than before.

Of course, they didn't say these words aloud.

They just stood there, watching Cheng Mo and Xia He.

Cheng Mo was somewhat lost in thought.

He hadn't paid much attention while practicing, but now that they were done, he seemed to feel closer to the children.

It wasn't the kind of closeness that comes from knowing someone for many days; it was a different kind of closeness that was hard to define.

He looked at Xia He.

Xia He was also looking at him, her eyes filled with surprise.

The two exchanged a glance, their understanding unspoken.

Cheng Mo turned around and reached out his hand to the children.

"Let's go play with those things."

He pointed to several playground equipment placed at the edge of the small playground—a small slide, a seesaw, and a swing.

He took the hand of the nearest little boy and walked towards the amusement park rides.

The little boy obediently followed him without struggling or hesitating.

The other three children followed and walked beside him.

Xia He stood there, watching their backs as they walked away, feeling a pang of longing.

She also wanted to go and play together.

But when she looked at herself and then at the children, she hesitated.

The children still have Gu poison on them; if she gets too close...

Cheng Mo turned to look at her: "What are you standing there for? Come on."

Xia He pointed to herself: "Me?"

"Otherwise what?" Cheng Mo said, "Don't you want to play?"

Xia He gritted her teeth and jogged after him.

At worst, I can go back and practice my skills a couple more times!

The children had a great time that day and didn't go back to the hospital at noon.

The ubiquitous insulated delivery box brought in boxed meals, one for each person, and everyone sat around in the open space to eat together...

The sun slowly set in the west.

As it was getting dark, the employees came over to call the children to get on the bus.

The children stood up and followed the employees toward the minibus.

As they approached the car door, a little boy turned and glanced back at the playground.

The slides, seesaws, and swings stood quietly in the twilight.

He looked at it for a few seconds, then turned and got into the car.

……

Back at the hospital, the children went back to their respective wards.

During dinner, Liao Zhong made a round of the wards.

The children sat on their beds, eating their lunchboxes.

His movements were just as fast as they were outside, but his expression was different.

Now they just keep their heads down and eat.

After finishing eating, I put the food container aside and just sat there.

Liao Zhong then went to see the four children in the isolation ward.

The four children had finished their meal and were sitting there, occasionally glancing out the window.

Outside the window is the hospital wall, and beyond the wall is a dark expanse.

Liao Zhong stood in the corridor for a long time.

……

After that, life returned to normal.

I get up in the morning, wash up, and eat breakfast.

In the morning, Cheng Mo and Xia He taught four children to practice martial arts on the small playground, while the other children played on the large playground.

We ate lunch outside.

We'll continue playing and practicing in the afternoon.

The only change is that we're eating dinner out now.

On the playground, the employees carried the insulated boxes down and distributed the boxed meals to the children.

The children sat on the open ground, holding their boxed lunches, eating while looking at the distant mountains, the clouds on the horizon, and the occasional birds flying by.

After finishing our meal, it was completely dark before we got in the car and went back to the hospital.

……

The cycle repeated itself, and more than twenty days passed.

On the large playground, the children no longer need staff guidance.

The car door opened, and they jumped out and ran towards the amusement park rides.

Some people ran to the slide, some to the seesaw, some to the swing, and some plunged headfirst into the ball pit.

A little boy ran to the swing and saw that someone was on it, so he stood there and waited.

After the others finished swinging and got off, he sat on it, tapped the ground with his feet, and started swinging back and forth.

Two little girls are playing on a seesaw next to me.

"Be gentle, I can't get down."

"You're too heavy."

"You're the heavier one!"

Their voices weren't loud, but all the employees at Nadutong could hear them.

The young female employee's eyes welled up with tears as she watched this scene.

This time, her colleagues didn't laugh at her.

Because my colleague was rubbing his eyes too, "it made me want to have a baby."

……

Four children are practicing their skills on the small playground.

I've mastered the Eight Pieces of Brocade very well; my movements are fluid and my breathing is even.

After completing the set, Cheng Mo finished his work.

The four children then finished their practice.

"Senior brother."

A little girl called to him.

Cheng Mo turned his head.

The little girl looked at him, blinked, and didn't say anything.

Cheng Mo waited for a while, and seeing that she still didn't speak, he continued with the next set of actions.

Just as they were getting started, the little girl shouted again.

"Senior brother."

Cheng Mo turned to look at her.

She blinked again, but didn't say anything.

Xia He suddenly smiled: "She just wanted to call you~"

Cheng Mo laughed too: "Okay, go ahead and call me that~ You can call me that anytime from now on~"

"Senior brother~~~"

The children called out in unison, then turned around: "Sister Xia He~"

"Hey!" Xia He smiled, her eyes crinkling.

Cheng Mo urged everyone to continue practicing, and the children followed suit.

Xia He followed along with everyone else, and the pink mist slowly dissipated.

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