mesbooks Chapter 132 Past
Chapter 132 Past
Xie Zhiyi cried while holding her father's cold body. She leaned against his chest tightly, where there was a big hole. Xie Zhiyi could even feel the wind blowing in. She refused to leave and curled up in her father's arms, as if nothing had happened yet and they were still living happily in the small village.
Xie Hongyuan gritted his teeth and pulled Xie Zhiyi up. He couldn't let Xie Zhiyi die here, so he dragged her along, holding the magic he had just learned in his hand. He seemed indifferent now, but he remembered the bandit leader in his heart. He had a full beard, was blind in one eye, and had several hideous scars on his face.
The two children were hungry and thirsty, and could not walk far, but Xie Hongyuan was afraid that the bandits would change their minds and catch up, so he dragged Xie Zhiyi out for a long way. It was not until the two saw the lights in the village that they crawled in and asked for some food.
The peasant woman was a kind-hearted person. Despite years of disasters and everyone's lack of food, she still secretly allocated a bowl of rice for the two of them, with a thick layer of vegetables on top.
Although there was no meat, the two children still ate happily, at least they could live a few more days. After Xie Hongyuan finished his meal, he said to Xie Zhiyi: "Zhiyi, our two children will definitely not survive, we need someone to rely on."
Xie Zhiyi was still crying: "But there is definitely no one in this village willing to take us in. This meal is barely earned..."
"No, we are not in the village this time. There will be disasters in the village. We want to join a sect of immortals, so that we can be guaranteed to have food to eat forever."
To be honest, it wasn't that Xie Zhiyi didn't expect it, it was that her aptitude was too poor, and no sect would be willing to accept her. But she knew that Xie Hongyuan had good aptitude, and his parents just didn't have money to support him. She didn't know that Xie Hongyuan actually wanted to cultivate immortality.
It's always a solution, we have to give it a try. Xie Zhiyi nodded, asked the peasant woman about the nearest sect, and the two of them went there in a dusty manner.
Fortunately, the sect was not far away, but not very big either. When Xie Hongyuan arrived at the door, he knelt on the ground and pulled Xie Zhiyi to the ground as well.
The head of the sect felt sorry for him but could not accept him. After all, there were too many poor people in the world. Since the harvest was bad, many people came to ask for help. Because their sect was close to the village, but a small family could not afford to feed so many mouths. If one exception was broken, there would be a second one. In the end, the head of the sect only gave him a little food, told him not to tell anyone, and drove the two children away.
Xie Zhiyi just kept crying, so Xie Hongyuan put away the food and took Xie Zhiyi to the next sect.
They traveled to many places, living on begging and charity, and finally found a sect willing to take him in: Liuli Palace.
Liuli Palace is a big sect, with no worries about food and clothing. Xie Hongyuan even has some talent for musical instruments, probably because he practiced by picking grass leaves in the fields and playing as a flute. He asked Yan Liuli to bring his sister along, and Yan Liuli agreed without hesitation. It was easy to control a relative, so there was no reason not to agree.
Xie Hongyuan didn't know that from the very beginning he was not a disciple to be taken in and trained seriously, but a warrior to be kept in case of emergency.
He was not selected and could not become an inner disciple, so Yan Liuli sent them to become outer disciples. Liuli Palace is a large sect with many people, so it is inevitable that they cannot take care of so many things. Outer disciples cannot become inner disciples. They practice lazily and have nothing to do. When people are idle, it means they have to find something to do.
For the newcomer Xie Hongyuan, who brought a burden Xie Zhiyi with him, the disciples who had originally formed cliques found a new fun toy and ordered Xie Hongyuan and Xie Zhiyi to do the work of servants every day.
This was nothing. Compared to poverty and hunger, working was a happy thing. Xie Hongyuan didn't want to cause trouble, so he worked quietly every day.
Because of his silence and forbearance, the bullying became worse. These disciples were not fools and were good at playing tricks. They knew that Xie Zhiyi was Xie Hongyuan's Achilles' heel, so they never touched her, but made things difficult for Xie Hongyuan.
For example, they poured water on his bed in the cold winter, leaving him no place to sleep; they deliberately created garbage on the floor he had swept; and when the head of the sect occasionally came to visit, they locked him in and accused him of sleeping in. Later, they started to take action.
Xie Zhiyi followed Xie Hongyuan to help him work. She didn't have the qualifications to become an immortal, so as she grew up year by year, she began to be unable to tolerate all this and would do everything she could to help Xie Hongyuan.
But she was no match for those disciples and was covered in wounds every time. Xie Hongyuan would go fight with them again, but in the end she was outnumbered and was covered in wounds every time.
Xie Zhiyi wiped the wounds on Xie Hongyuan's body. They didn't even have enough medicine. Xie Zhiyi no longer shed tears, but she knew she was crying in her heart: "Xie Hongyuan, let's leave Liuli Palace. Let's find a place to farm. Let's go back to find mother. You have also learned some tricks. You won't be defeated by the bandits anymore."
Xie Hongyuan gasped and became more and more silent. He wanted to tell Xie Zhiyi the truth. It's not that he didn't want to leave. But since Yan Liuli wanted him to be a loyal dog, he had nowhere to go. Yan Liuli even threatened him to imprison Xie Zhiyi here forever.
Negotiations require bargaining chips. Facing Yan Liuli, Xie Hongyuan had no choice but to kneel down, but he could not move Yan Liuli's heart. He asked Yan Liuli when he could leave, and Yan Liuli replied:
"Work for me, and when you die or become useless you can leave."
For the first time, he knew what it meant to be furious. The benefactor he thought of turned out to have such a dirty plan. He almost wanted to scold Yan Liuli: "I don't think I'm ungrateful. I always rush to the front and never retreat when I'm needed. You know I'm just a choress when I say I'm a disciple. Who else can do three jobs like this? You usually pretend to be nice to everyone, aren't you afraid that I'll expose your true colors?"
Yan Liuli didn't take him seriously at all: "Although I need you to die, I don't need you either. If you don't want to listen, I can kill you at any time. But to be fair, do I need you to eat and wear? Xie Zhiyi can't do anything and eats for free, did I drive her away? Am I not a benefactor to you? I just need a little reward, and you can't even give me this? If you insist on doing this, then I will kill Xie Zhiyi, and I'll see if you dare to be dishonest."
Xie Hongyuan could ignore himself, but he couldn't ignore Xie Zhiyi. She was his sister, his only relative, and the one who licked his wounds with him every time he was hurt.