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Chapter One - As Weak As An Ant
As one followed a trail down the Hui Yin Mountain, they would reach the Evil Dragon River, which in turn flowed, day and night, along the Xu Village
It was in August, the weather was already a little bit cold but the flora was still flourishi+ng Under an aged Chinese parasol, a group of villagers were attentively listening to a speech delivered by a seeeyes and nose, he earing a wax-colored face, as if he was ill As the as bloildly, the linen-ainst his body, which emphasised his stalwart appearance
To er’ was using two pieces of wood,these two pieces against each other to create a beautiful rhyth his one with the wind in bits and pieces It was only regrettable to find that theShen, would be forever seperated from his deceased Fox Goddess The deeper his love for the Fox Goddess beca up to the unspeakable sorrow, Zhang Shen gave up on the pro future as an official and deeply buried all of his ambitions Eventually, he decided to withdraw froether and chose for a life of solitude, to oes: 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云。取次花丛懒回顾，半缘修道半缘君 (Any water is no water, after seeing thethe splendid cloud above Wu Mountain Walking on the path of love, I have no interest to appreciate the scenery, partly because I am a Daoisht)“
The end of the story was rieve fro man had just told, was a love story between a human and a devil No matter how different they were, they were deeply infatuated with each other However, for these two, there was no happy ending, as only sadness enshrouded the end of their story
The young man wrapped his story up with some self-composed lyrics As the lyrics reached the ears of the audience, they could no longer hold their tears Even the children, who had not yet acquired the taste of love, were overwhelthe wooden instru a crude wooden bowl to receive tips from the warm-hearted audience for his performance Soon after, the boas filled with bronze coins; you could even see some silver sycee or Yuan bao [2] hidden between the bronze coins
The village, governed under the Guanan prefecture, was blessed with plenty of resources and affluence You ht say that the citizens here were poorly educated, but that didn’t change the fact that they had an abundance of riches
In this se, there was seldom any entertain man, was especially cherished by the people here Touched by this story’s tragic ro one of the leading roles The young enerously rewarded each ti all of his belongings, the young man bowed towards the audience and informed them at what time he would return to share another story Then he turned around and walked away
You er was He was Xu Yi, an 18 year old boy as raised in the neighboring Xu Village In the early years of his life, he was just an oblivious young man, no different frorew up, his talent for storytelling began to show and this had quickly hborhoods in and surrounding Xu Village
A bright golden sunshi+ne was pouring down on the verdant Hui Yin Mountain, which stretched far into the distance Thisreseon In the lowest part of this hty wooden houses located They dotted this e like chess pieces randomly placed on a board
At the foot of the Hui Yin Mountain, there was a shabby wooden house, which even looked a little bit skewed due to years of erosion by the wind and rain Yes, as one uessed, this was the place where Xu Yi lived
To Xu Yi, the tumbled-down house represented home This was the place where he felt most cal with yellow fur barked and started running reet hisevenhis front paws around the shoulders of histhe 18 years of co as a pet and had started to consider him as a member of his family This was because Xu Yi’s parents had died in the ferocious attack that was orchistrated by their ene his parents in this attack, all that he had left is this dog This was also why the dogwould sit at the doorsteps, with his bright eyes staring into the distance, calreat joy and a feeling of immense luck, to have found such a loyal co’s head, as he looked at the dog’s wrinkles, that had quietly ereatly enjoyed the harmonious and happy relation he had with this old co walked on the mountain road, which was too narrow to allow both of theside each other The thistles and thorns were densely covering the road, but the dog bravely whipped the would do everyting within its powers to protect hi so
When they finally arrived home, it was already lunch ti, that he was exhausted and hungry He cal chunk of pickled red ht, and filled a boith rice With the meat in one hand and the bowl of rice in the other, he went back outside He made his way towards the side of the wooden house, here there was a s pots were placed on a traditional hearth Xu Yi put the nited the hearth and covered the cooking pots Since it would take a while for the food to be ready for consu a book while waiting He opened a book that was titled ‘Nan Hua Collection’, and as he did, the dog came over and quietly lied down beside him
A beautiful mountain scenery and a tender breeze, Xu Yi loved this tranquility and inward peacefulness After quite some time, the delicious aro out fro fro on the wind
Xu Yi closed the book and was about to open the lid of the pot, when he suddenly felt his eyes drastically twitch He quickly realised that this was probably not a proround, right on top of his dog, closely hugging hi! - A loud noise bursted out from the hearth The explosion completely took the kitchen apart, it had even caused a cloud of dust and debris to quickly spread out