Chapter 14 Section VI

The river was already calm, and the sheep with only eight hooves kept swimming forward. The white fluff on its body gradually turned green, gradually shrunk, and grew wings. Finally, it turned into a green bird leaving the river and facing the sky. fly. On the shore of a deserted island in the south, an old man with gray hair, wrapped in a gray cloak, leaning on a cane made of yew in his hand, looked up at the sky, and a green bird appeared from among the clouds, towards the sky. The old man flew over and landed on his shoulder, flapping his wings with a look of shame on his face. The old man turned his head to look at the little bird on his shoulder, and said with a serious and reproachful expression: "You are finally willing to come back!"

The bird bowed its head, looking lonely. The old man's name is Chidi. Chidi was born in Xieyang Village. He showed his magical talent when he was young. He can read spells without being able to read, can summon sheep, tame wild horses with just his eyes, and transform animals. Horses turn into eagles soaring in the sky, and dogs turn into Fish with colorful scales swim freely in the sea. After landing, the scales disappear and become puppies again.The villagers of Xieyang Village firmly believe that being a wizard is a vocation. Although they are lonely and widowed all their lives, it is a lofty honor.

At that time, witches learned witchcraft in the Green Mountains in the east, and wizards went to the Forgotten Isle in the south.When Chidi was eight years old, his parents built a lone boat and sent him to sea.Chidi sailed alone in the sea, and along the way there was a wind of magic that sent him to the Forgotten Island.Chidi learns witchcraft and the heart of justice from an archmage on the island. Twelve years later, Chidi Xuecheng left the Forgotten Island and traveled around the world, using witchcraft to help the poor, the sick, the old and the weak, and to eliminate demons and demons.Chidi is calm by nature, yearns for peace in his later years, misses the hometown he has not set foot in for 60 years, and sees a group of pure sheep in the bird's divination, so he returns to Xieyang Village where he was born, shepherds for a living, returns to nature, and no longer uses it witchcraft.

One night, Chidi heard the cry of a baby and found an abandoned child in a straw basket in the sheepfold. This was something he had never foreseen in divination. He named the boy "Yan Guxing". The boy has no magical talent, but he is kind, handsome and intelligent.Chidi raised him with kindness, and realized the prosperity and decline of life in the boy: one day, Chidi will die, but the boy is still young, flowers bloom and fade, and life is eternal, which is the law of balance in nature.The great master once said to him: "Every flower and tree, with a child's face, can see the world, which is beyond the reach of witchcraft."

However, Chidi couldn't see Yan Guxing's fate, and felt vaguely ominous.He loves the boy and wants to protect him as long as he lives.When Yan Guxing was eight years old, Chidi returned to the Forgotten Island, sought advice from the Archmage, and recuperated on the island. At that time, Chidi was almost half-blind, but his mind was still firm. The great mage passed away soon, and before he died, he asked Chidi: "Destiny and vocation, which one do you think is greater?" "It should be the destiny." Chidi replied. "Why?" "One can refuse the vocation, but one cannot disobey the destiny." Chi Di let out a long breath.

The archmage passed away with a smile, and left an answer, the purpose of which was to make Chidi not try to change Yan Guxing's destiny. Chi Di understood the master's intention in his heart, a person can escape his vocation, just like he can choose not to be a wizard but to be an ordinary country old man.However, wizards believe that a person's destiny is the karma of 10,000 years ago, and there is no escape. But Chidi couldn't bear it and was not convinced. He made great progress on the island. One day, he scooped up a bucket full of water with a wooden bucket, and saw Yan Guxing in the water with a little girl. The little girl was a witch.Chidi turned the green bird that accompanied him into a sheep with eight hooves, put them on the grassland they passed, and told the sheep to take Yan home alone.

Chidi didn't expect that the sheep transformed from the little bird gradually fell in love with Lan Yue'er.Chidi urged him many times, but Yang'er didn't want to go home.Until one day, when a mountain torrent broke out, Chidi once again urged Yang'er to take Yan away alone. The sheep finally obeyed, and then turned back into a bird and flew back to the Forgotten Island to accept the master's punishment.