Chapter 12 Chapter 11: The Time Shift of Flowers Blooming and Fading

The old and the young just hid in the cave all day long and studied the materials left by Di Menghun. Apart from going down the mountain to buy food, they rarely had the opportunity to go out to breathe the air outside the cave.When Wu Huan was young, he liked to go out of the cave to enjoy the cool air, but after first learning about the deep cave, he often forgot to eat and wash up, and sometimes he didn’t go out for a walk for more than half a month. In the sky outside the cave, the sun rises, the moon sets, the sky turns blue and it rains, and it turns blue again after the rain. The grass and trees on the field change colors according to the four seasons. Rain in spring, the sound of chirping cicadas in summer, wildfires on the hills in autumn, and white snow in the scorched forest in winter.

In the blink of an eye, this is the eighth year that Wu Huan has been in the cave, and he has also changed from a three-year-old boy to an eleven-year-old boy. Eleven-year-old Wu Huan was walking slowly on the nearby mountain road, planning to go to Chaoge City to buy rice, meat, and vegetables. The work of going down the mountain to purchase goods was originally Wukui's father-in-law's business, but Wukui's father-in-law suffered from the wind and cold for the past few days, and his old body finally couldn't withstand the ravages of the disease. For a few days, he could only lie on the bed and even get up to talk are somewhat difficult.

During these years, Wu Kui's father-in-law seemed to be Wu Huan's only family member. He came to the cave at the age of three, and he no longer had a deep memory of his father's figure, and he didn't spend much time with Di Shi, so The closest person in Wu Huan's life is this cold-faced and cold-hearted Wu Kui father-in-law. Saying that Wu Kui's father-in-law was cold-faced and cold-hearted really didn't wrong him. Although he was seriously ill, seeing Wu Huan going down the mountain to buy food and supplies, he still said hoarsely: "I think you should go out and rush! Let me die You can get it here, I don’t allow you to buy medicine and vegetables and come back for me to eat, let me die here and get it!”

Thinking of Wu Kui's father-in-law's sarcasm, Wu Huan couldn't help feeling amused. Although he is young, he can see that Wu Kui father-in-law is a hard-spoken and soft-hearted person.During the eight years of getting along with each other, the young Wuhuan inevitably suffered from illnesses and pains. Once the fever was so severe that Wukui's father-in-law even carried him down the mountain overnight to see a doctor for treatment. When Wuhuan's condition improved, He coldly refused to admit that he had carried him down the mountain for treatment, and only said that the monsters in the mountain cured him.

Walking out of the mountainous area, Wu Huan made a detour, then walked to his father's grave near the posthouse, pinched earth for incense, and bowed to his father's tombstone a few times. Although Wukui's father-in-law had briefly talked about his father's affairs, he never explained clearly. He only said that his father had traveled far, far away. It was not until Wuhuan was ten years old that Wukui's father-in-law brought him for the first time Go to his father's grave to pay homage, and briefly tell him how his father was killed here in the posthouse. Eunuch Wu Kui also said, remember your father's vengeance, and don't be soft-hearted when you encounter monsters in the future, because slaying monsters and demons is the true nature of a hero.

But from Di Shi's records, Wu Huan feels that Wukui's father-in-law's statement is a bit wrong, because Di Shi believes that everything in the world has its own way of survival, and even those spirits and monsters may not all be heinous, and there are also good people among them. , It's not like what Eunuch Wukui said, if you meet him, you will kill them all. Over the years, Wu Huan's comprehension from Di Menghun's records has actually surpassed that of Wu Kui. There are many things that Wu Kui cannot understand, but for Wu Huan, they have long been taken for granted.For example, Wu Huan had already entered the third stone room that Wu Kui thought was unfathomable back then several times, and gained a lot of insight from the knowledge on the stone wall.

In recent years, Wu Kui no longer gave Wu Huan advice, but let him come and go between several large stone rooms, only occasionally there was a word or two he didn't understand, Wu Huan would go to discuss with Wu Kui.Regarding the knowledge on the cave wall, Wu Kui's enthusiasm was far inferior to Wu Huan's. At this time, since Wu Huan could study it on his own, it would not be considered a violation of Master Di's last words if he didn't stand aside to supervise him. Wu Kui was naturally happy and relaxed. Wu Huan stood in front of his father's grave for a long time, trying to find his father's image in his memory, but only a vague shadow appeared.Instead, he looked in front of the grave for a while, then leaned over and picked up a handful of soil to sniff, and couldn't help but let out a "huh".

That was the record he saw in Di Shi's third stone room recently. In the record, Di Shi listed the knowledge of mountain and river geography that some people in the plains had comprehended, and also added Di Shi's own views. "In life, there are two most important elements, one is wind and the other is water," said Di Shi's record: "The wind between the breath and the up and down is water. The distribution of these two elements can almost be Explain the universe, everything between heaven and earth, so this science may be called the science of geomantic omen.” Although Wu Huan is only an eleven-year-old child, after years of training in the cave, his insight has far surpassed that of ordinary adults, and the information left by Master Di is extraordinary knowledge beyond the age, so in his eyes at this moment Looking out, mountains, rivers, heaven and earth, and beasts all have different appearances from what ordinary people see, and the hidden messages often cannot escape his eyes.

At this time, he found that the soil quality on his father's grave and the color of the tombstone were a bit unusual. According to calculations based on birth control and seasons, the tomb contained his father's bones. No coffin was used to bury it, but judging from the grass and soil quality on the grave, it seems that there are gold and iron objects buried here. Wu Huan calculated the location, took a branch, and dug in a field next to the tomb.Because he was a child who grew up in the mountains, and in the Shang Dynasty, he didn't care much about the customs of destroying ancestral tombs, so he didn't stick to such things.

He only dug for a moment, then heard a soft "clank", Wu Huan hurriedly brushed off the dust, reached out to grab it, and brought out a heavy bronze sword. After these years of burial, for some reason, the copper sword did not grow mottled patina, Wu Huan wiped it with his sleeve, and the ancient and clumsy sword body with many inscriptions revealed a gloomy brilliance . Regarding this bronze sword, Wu Huan did have a little memory. He seemed to recall that he once saw the light of this bronze sword waving in a dark night, and the sound of his father's cheering shout. Back then, Wu Huan's father, Sang Yangdi, was in this place because of righteous indignation, fighting three goblins with wild swordsmanship...

That is to say, holding this bronze sword, Sang Yangdi couldn't help but die in the hands of the green snake demon... Wu Huan has no way of knowing about this past event, he just thinks his father's sword is very interesting.Although this sword is a bit heavy for a ten-year-old child, it is not suitable for him, but it is a relic of his father.Wu Huan thought for a while, then found a tree vine nearby, tied it firmly on his back, and planned to take it back to show Eunuch Wu Kui. In this way, he came to the capital of the Shang Dynasty: Chaoge with a bronze sword on his back.