Chapter 5 5. We are all good people In the leather making room, Song Yan and Qi Yao sat quietly facing each other. They each took a new animal skin and began to clean the skin. It will be dark today, but we can make some preparations for tomorrow in advance. Song Yan has been here for two days. In this environment, even if he only listens to the conversations of other errand boys, he can know some basic information: Shadow Puppet Peak requires each errand boy to "produce one ordinary shadow puppet per day", and 30 ordinary shadow puppets can earn 1 contribution point, which is universal in the entire Puppet Sect. Therefore, if you are quick enough, you can also take on some other errands, get in touch with more formal disciples in the sect, and get familiar with them. In this way, if you have a little more talent, or if there is something good in the future, the chance of it falling on your head will be a little greater. However, according to his observation, most of the errand boys here can only do "one ordinary shadow puppet per day". This is a bit strange, because he made two shadow puppets on the second day of his arrival. Why can't those skilled errand boys do it? Seeing Song Yan's quick movements, Qi Yao suddenly whispered, "Don't do it so fast, it will hurt your hands." Song Yan paused. While Qi Yao was slowly scraping the remaining hair on the skin in front of him, he said in a casual tone, "I didn't sit with you yesterday, and something happened around. There was a handyman whose arm was sore and painful, but he endured it. However, when carving, he was careless and didn't hold the handle tightly, so that the carving knife cut his hand, and the wound bled, and he could no longer complete the shadow puppet work. He collapsed completely."
"Then what?" "Then, I didn't see him today." Song Yan was silent for a while, and pushed it a little, and he knew that this should be an unspoken rule: working here, you can't get hurt. If you stop working because of injury, the Demon Sect will not wait for you to recover, but will directly deal with you. So every old handyman tries to ensure that his arm is not injured or damaged as much as possible before completing the daily shadow puppet work. Thinking of this, Song Yan put down the scraper and stretched his five fingers. Sure enough, there was a slight soreness at the base of the thumb and the tendon sheath. Even if it was ordinary animal skin, it was hard and tough. If you want to carve on it, even if it's just to carve out a shape, you have to bite your cheeks and use all your strength to carve. It's unrealistic not to hurt your fingers for a long time. Song Yan looked at the girl opposite and smiled and said, "Thank you." As he spoke, a red light had already fallen on the side of the two. Song Yan looked up and saw the setting sun hanging between the green mountains outside the window. "It's getting dark." "Yeah." After a brief conversation, Song Yan quickly got up and followed Qi Yao to the hanging room on the side. Halfway, he saw another boy following Wang Susu. The two met as if they were strangers, and they didn't even make eye contact. That night, he and Qi Yao took turns to keep watch, but they were very peaceful. Unlike last night, he was the one who was preventing Wang Susu from getting close to him, but tonight it was Qi Yao who was preventing him from getting close to her. This heroic girl even drew a boundary on the bed, placing their bedding on both sides, so that even when they were on night watch, the other person could not cross the boundary. In this way, three days passed in a flash. For three days, everything was peaceful. In order to prevent his palm from getting hurt, Song Yan reduced the speed of making shadow puppets to one a day, three in three days, and gained 31 years of life, and the total life span increased from 48 to 79.
But strangely, Qi Yao gritted her teeth and made five shadow puppets in three days. He was very curious and asked "why". Qi Yao only said "I want to collect 1 contribution point as soon as possible to exchange for something", and then she stopped explaining. It seems that there is nothing else between her and Song Yan except the relationship of roommates and class partners. Even though they were alone, living in the same room, spending day and night together, and even sleeping in the same bed, the two did not rub out any sparks. But it's not surprising, Song Yan soon figured out the reason. He has an ordinary appearance, and the girl is not stunningly beautiful, but she is also pretty. She is with him not because she likes him, but for safety and for his rationality. It's impossible for him to fall in love at first sight. So, he suddenly began to wonder why Wang Susu took the initiative to him. That night, after he changed his shift, he sat on the fifth staircase on duty. When the two passed by each other, they didn't have the initial vigilance. Obviously, the past few days of getting along have made the two of them trust each other, and they talked a little more casually. Song Yan called out, "Qi Yao." Qi Yao was lying in the quilt, yawning, and responded casually, "Yeah." Song Yan thought, "That day, Wang Susu and I were in the room. Wang Susu almost rushed over to kill me. Then I grabbed a knife, and we confronted each other until daytime. Why did she do this?" He didn't want to get an answer, but he was confused, so he told the only person who could talk in the Demon Sect. Qi Yao was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Don't you know anything about Xuan Gen?" "Of course." "I have heard a little bit, and I can tell you, maybe you can understand it after listening." Qi Yao hesitated for a moment, and said, "Xuan Gen is the root of people's contact with Xuan Qi. Without this, don't think about practicing. But Xuan Gen also has different levels. The inferior ones are called ‘human Xuangen’, also called miscellaneous Xuangen. This Xuangen mainly cultivates through dual cultivation, absorbing the other party’s Yang Yuan or Yin Yuan. They can also take elixirs to cultivate, but elixirs are expensive and hard to come by, which is not as efficient and cost-saving as dual cultivation. These people will raise a partner and feed them with treasures from heaven and earth to make them energetic and full of Yang Yuan and Yin Yuan. However, even so, dual cultivation will have different results due to different methods. The method of dual cultivation of the right way progresses slowly, but when the cultivator absorbs the vitality of the partner, he will also give back some, so that his partner can live longer and be free from all diseases. However, the evil way method progresses very quickly, because the cultivator will regard the partner as a medicine and directly absorb it crazily. Even if there are precious things to supplement, the partner will not live too long, and often dies early. If there is no supplement, then it will die faster. ” After saying this, she paused and said, "Perhaps that Wang Susu is a mixed Xuan root. She is practicing the dual cultivation method. If she can succeed in her practice, perhaps she can get rid of her status as a menial servant and become a formal disciple of the Puppet Sect."
Song Yan said, "Then I will see how the young man who entered the room with her is tomorrow." Qi Yao said, "No need to see." "Why?" "I have checked for you. He is in low spirits, but obsessed with Wang Susu. It is obvious that Wang Susu has exchanged a lot of things with contribution points, perhaps including infatuation powder. " "Infatuation powder?" "Well, a kind of evil powder, burn your hair into powder and mix it into the powder, and then let the target smell it, the target will make the person who uses the medicine fall in love with her and want to do that kind of thing with her. ” Song Yan:. He was frightened. He was now basically sure that this might be the case with Wang Susu. Fortunately, he took the knife quickly that day. If he was a little slower, he would have accidentally absorbed the infatuated powder. Now he would be on the road to becoming a drug residue. "These evil demons and heretics practice everything they can to bring disaster to the people. They are really vicious." Qi Yao clenched her fists, her face full of hatred. When Song Yan heard this, he was stunned. Qi Yao asked: "Don't you hate it?" Song Yan nodded repeatedly and said: "Hate it." Qi Yao smiled brightly and said: "I know you are a good person. You will definitely understand my thoughts. Good night." "Hey, Sister Qi, you haven't mentioned other Xuan roots yet." "I'm sleepy. Let's talk about it tomorrow. And whether it is Xuan root or not has nothing to do with you. You are a kidnapped servant. The most important thing is to live well. Don't think about these things that have nothing to do with you. If one day you can leave the Demon Sect and return to the mortal world, then find a good wife to marry, work from sunrise to sunset, and live a peaceful life. " Said Qi Yao, turned over and said no more. The night was deep. But Song Yan didn't let her sleep. The woman in front of him obviously knew about Xuan Gen. This was a great opportunity for him to understand the world. How could he miss it just because he wanted to be a gentleman? The other party didn't want to talk, so was it just like that? So, he shouted: "Sister Qi, talk about it, I want to listen. Sister Qi? Sister Qi, don't sleep!" Qi Yao:. Song Yan smiled and said: "I know, you are also a good person. We are all good people. "