Chapter 147 After the Battle

“Let’s bury her in the secret room under the altar where she used to be. That’s also a way to rest in peace.” When Grandma Lingqing released my eyes, Lin Xiaohua was already lying on the ground in a neat manner, with a clean cloth covering her face. I don’t know where Grandma Lingqing found it.

Her body, covered by her clothes, looked a little thinner than before. Her face and neck were not visible, and her hair, which was all over the place, had been tidied up a little by Grandma Lingqing.

After all, it is better to be buried in the ground.

I endured the sadness in my heart and picked up Lin Xiaohua’s body. The wind blew, blowing the cloth covering her face slightly… In my mind, I still thought of her figure in the moonlight when I first saw her… I thought of her smart and indifferent eyes, as if she was still there, dangling her feet and spitting bubbles.

Life is hard to explain. One moment you are happy, the next moment the world may fall apart. But isn’t that what life is all about? I admire this woman who has spread her courage to the next life. She said she still has to repay her debt.

The master and the others were about to descend the stairs from the meditation chamber. It was dark and there was a space that was not too big or too small.

I placed Lin Xiaohua here. I felt like I had something to say to her. After all, she was the first girl I had ever felt a stirring for after meeting Ruoxue.

However, in the dark basement, my throat moved, but in the end I didn’t say anything. I sighed and left the underground chamber.

When I walked out of the underground chamber, I kept hesitating whether to bury Lin Jianguo and his son here. After thinking about it, I decided not to. Lin Xiaohua said that they had settled their scores in this life, so why bury them together? It would be against the rules.

I closed the door to the underground chamber again. After the dark door closed, I knew I had said goodbye to Lin Xiaohua for good.

But it doesn’t matter, I will remember her.

She will be in my memory as long as I remember Lin Furui’s traces in this world.

There is no concept of time on the platform. This place is like any other place in space. Other places are eternal blue skies, while here is an eternal starry sky.

Grandma Ling Qing and I dragged Master and the others together with some difficulty, and then used the rocks on the platform to build a tomb for Lin Jianguo and his son… Anyway, Lin Furui was a poor man, and Lin Jianguo was definitely not a bad person. He even helped me out a bit, and I really couldn’t bear to leave their bodies exposed on the platform.

After all this, I was very tired. I lay down next to my master, listening to his steady, long breaths, and my eyes were about to close.

After the long battle, the exhaustion in my heart seemed to explode at this moment, because there was a certain “taste” here, a “taste” that belonged to my master. When I could calm down and feel it, the complete peace of mind could no longer suppress the exhaustion of my body and soul.

This exhaustion made me want to sleep, and I had many other problems, such as how we were going to get out of this enormous problem. I had no more energy to think about it, and I was only vaguely anxious.

I knew that everyone was still looking forward to seeing their elders.

But at this moment, Grandma Lingqing’s warm hand stroked my hair, and her gentle voice came to me: “If you’re tired, just sleep… sleep peacefully.”

Grandma Ling Qing’s words were like magic, soothing me gently. At that moment, all my anxiety disappeared, but I was afraid that it was all a dream, that the feeling of having my elders around me was a dream, especially Master… I was afraid of waking up and losing him again.

Just like when he left, it was a normal afternoon, and he never came back.

So, before closing my eyes, I subconsciously held my master’s somewhat rough hand again, holding it tightly, and only then did I close my eyes with peace of mind. The next moment, exhaustion overwhelmed me, and I almost immediately fell into a state of ‘sleep’.

I didn’t have any dreams, but instead I felt as if I was getting warmer and warmer as I slept… I don’t know how long I slept, but I was so comfortable that I didn’t want to wake up.

It was only when I was no longer able to sleep due to a strong feeling of hunger and an inexplicable fragrance that I reluctantly opened my eyes.

But at that time, I was still confused, and I felt a slap on my back. The slight pain made me subconsciously look up and see that it was Master squatting in front of me, looking at me with a crooked head.

The messy hair and beard, the familiar eyebrows and eyes, made me feel dazed for a while. It took a long time for my confused mind to remember that I had found Master and the others. I had!

It was really nice to be able to wake up and see him. I suddenly felt an urge to cry, but before I could express anything, I was slapped hard on the back again… The previous battles had left me with an inexplicable aching pain all over my body. This slap from my master made me involuntarily “grind my teeth and show my gums,” so where did I remember wanting to cry?

“You little brat? Look at how long you’ve been sleeping! More than ten hours… You’ve been able to sleep so well without me for all these years? Do you even remember what morning exercises are? Do you even remember…” Master’s series of words were like a series of criticisms of me, blasting my head and brain like a barrage.

I had been “oppressed” by him for a long time when I was young, and the habit I had developed made me subconsciously think that it was over, that it was late, and that I had to get up for morning exercise. It wasn’t until my master was pulled away by the smiling Lingqing grandmother that I reacted.

I’m not going to do morning exercises. I was just tired from the battle and fell asleep. I was accidentally lured in by the master.

“Hahahaha… Chengyi has been a fool since he was a child, and he is not as smart as his younger brother. Look at his stupid expression, he really is going to do morning exercises.” Then, a burst of laughter came from next to me. I didn’t have to look, I knew it was Master Hui, and I rubbed my forehead because I knew what was going to happen next!

“Damn you, Hui Jue, where is my apprentice stupid? With you there as a specimen of a fool… who is not smart here? How can you laugh at others?” Sure enough… Master’s voice came into my ears like an explosion.

At this moment, I noticed a detail: a somewhat tattered, blood-stained garment had been draped over me, and as I rose, it slipped off my body.

I picked up the clothes, but before I could think about anything,

I heard a fierce, windy sound of getting up, and then a sound more exciting than an explosion rang out: “Which one is the idiot specimen? Jiang Lichun, you idiot, I want to fight you one-on-one!”

“If you want to fight, I’ll fight you. I’ve lived for almost a hundred years, but I’m not afraid of you!” Yes, Master and Uncle Hui are always ready to fight. Who’s afraid of who?

Grandma Ling Qing was squatting next to me, and we exchanged a helpless look. But once again, before I could say anything, I heard a sincere and honest voice interrupting between Master Hui and Master.

“Hey, you guys, stop it (stop talking), stop it, it’s not good to fight in front of the children.”

Who is it? Is he talking about me? I’ve spent a lot of time with Master Hui, so I know that he means the child… I just couldn’t help laughing. How come there’s another Master Hui’s fellow villager here?

Then I looked up and saw Xiao Laoba. During the previous battle, I was deeply impressed by his brave image. I definitely thought he was a taciturn man, but I never expected him to be so anxious to intervene between Master and Hui Laoye at this time, his face turning red.

“Lao Ba, come and sit down. They’ve been like this for a long time. Let them fight. They can pull each other’s hair, grab each other’s beards, and even pull each other’s faces. Why do you always fall for it?” At this time, a woman’s voice also chimed in. I looked and saw that it was Wu Liyu’s little sister-in-law.

At this time, I also noticed that a fire had been lit in the middle of us, and something was being cooked on the fire. Wu Liyu was lounging lazily by the fire, holding a teacup in his hand, shaking it like he was drinking red wine, then giving my master and Uncle Hui a contemptuous glance, and then snorting and saying, “There’s no grace or elegance at all. It’s true that a rascal doesn’t know what nobility is.”

“Shut up.”

“You shut up.”

Master and Uncle Hui pointed at Wu Liyu at the same time and roared angrily…

In this chaotic scene, I was inexplicably moved. The familiar scene was back, and it would not leave again… My life could not bear another goodbye without notice.

“Chengyi, when you were sleeping, your master insisted on covering you with his dirty clothes, saying that they had his scent and that you would sleep more peacefully. He didn’t want to let go of your hand either, and he wouldn’t change his position until you rolled over and let go of his hand. Chengyi, your master really missed you these years.”

At this moment, the gentle words of Grandma Ling Qing also entered my ears. I couldn’t help but squeeze the dirty blood-stained clothes in my hands a little tighter.