Chapter 56: Roasting

When I rushed into the cave where Chengqing was, my tears had already dried up, but my eyes were red and scary.

Fortunately, it was Chengqing. It seemed that he had been waiting for me, sitting at the small table in the cave, the oil lamp lit, as if waiting for my arrival.

In fact, I knew his habits. Because he had long been tormented by insomnia and was also a “semi-compulsive” person, he would generally force himself to go to bed within a certain time limit, then empty his mind. Even if it was just boringly counting sheep, he would lie in bed, and this kind of boredom would never allow anyone to disturb him.

Tonight, he has already passed his prescribed time, but it seems that he is waiting for me.

“You know what?” Chengqing still looked calm and collected, holding the three coins he had placed on the table, which were already extremely shiny from being rubbed, and said to me slowly, “People who have long been in contact with fate will somehow have some kind of feeling about it. Tonight, I was really worried, so I did a little divination, and it said that there would be a change, but because everyone around me was close, I didn’t dare to speculate on who it would be. I just waited, and I didn’t expect you to come, and I’m afraid it could only be you.”

Cheng Qing’s mouth was slightly smiling, actually trying to calm my emotions. I knew that the way I rushed into the house must have been very scary.

He jokingly said that I was a busybody, hoping to lighten the mood.

Perhaps this light-hearted Chengqing brother can always bring a breeze of fresh air to people’s hearts. I calmed down a little, leaning against his door, taking a long breath, and not rushing to speak. I really needed to calm down.

“Time is running out.” Chengqing put away the three coins on the table and reminded me, but he wasn’t rushing me.

I understood that my encounter with Lin Chen had delayed things a bit, so I didn’t waste any more time and said directly to Chengqing, “I have some news. It’s very reliable. My… half-master is in the village.”

The sound of the coins hitting the ground was followed by a stunned silence. After a few seconds of silence, he suddenly stood up and said to me, “Go find Ru Yue.”

After saying that, he began to walk quickly towards the door, towards me, and pulled me out of the door. However, after walking a few steps, he said to me, “No, let’s split up and notify.”

Ru Yue was the person farthest away from the party, and it was only after Cheng Qing thought about this that he realized that dividing up the notifications was probably the most time-efficient approach.

He was also confused, but not as much as I was.

Perhaps the news of this stimulated us, and when we gathered again in the relatively safe open space, it took less than half an hour.

“If it’s today, it’s too hasty. I really advise you to wait a few days and enter the village when you have a better grasp of the situation.” In the face of a group of people who had already gone crazy, the only ones who could remain sober were Lushan and Taobai. It was Lushan who persuaded us.

This is not his fault. After all, he is with us for various strange reasons and fates, but in essence, Lu Shan has not lost anyone important like us. He cannot understand our emotions, so he naturally uses rational thoughts to stop us.

“I don’t know how to bear it.” Chengxin always stays calmer than me, but apparently even half of the master’s words also irritated him, and he acted more impulsively than I did.

After all, I knew the news about Lin Chen meeting with him a little earlier than they did, and I was able to get some buffer time to calm myself down.

Seeing that Chengxin was no longer graceful, Lushan didn’t care about many things and rushed over to grab my shoulder and said, “Chengyi, no matter what, tonight is really not possible. Even if you don’t want to hear any more news, where is the inner village? How do you get to the inner village? Where is your master in the inner village? You have to know this, right? Have you forgotten that strange old Taoist…” Lu Shan looked very anxious, and then said anxiously, “Okay, even if you don’t need to know all of this, you still have to plan it well. Don’t you care about waiting a day or two more?”

I looked at Lu Shan. My thoughts were actually very chaotic, but I had gradually calmed down. I knew that what Lu Shan said was all right, but I knew that the person I had been looking for was right in front of me, half of him… This kind of thinking would make people think that he was suffering, and it would stimulate people to go crazy. If we could be completely rational, humans would probably have evolved into another species, right?

“Chengyi, and all of you, I am not afraid to accompany you to live and die together, even though the most important person to me is not in that village, but is sealed in a drum. We have come this far together. However, I really hope that you can calm down a little. This is my last persuasion. It’s up to you to decide. Anyway, whatever the decision.” Lu Shan was also a little moved, supporting his waist with both hands, his eyes a little red, and then said, “I, Lu Shan, will accompany you.”

“Me too.” Tao Bai was still shy.

I was moved and touched inside. Chengqing wanted to say something, but at this time, I was the real senior brother, and he had always valued and protected this… So, he just moved his lips, but in the end, he didn’t say anything.

I clenched my fist again, but this time I didn’t hesitate. I said in a hoarse voice, “Bear it. Let’s disperse now. From today on, we will meet every two days.”

In fact, I didn’t want to take advantage of this loophole too often, but now that some things have become clear, I have to do this. At the same time, I have to make any decisions calmly while carrying something.

As soon as I finished speaking, Lushan let out a sigh of relief, and none of the others objected to what I said. Starting with Chengqing, everyone silently began to disperse. This was a tacit understanding. Everyone was stirred up emotionally. If they wanted to say something, there was too much to say, so they left in silence, hiding away in their own private nighttime space, silently, silently…

I didn’t know that there were so many things that I didn’t know. I thought we were just gathering and dispersing silently, but there were always pairs of eyes with interesting eyes and prying eyes everywhere in this world.

That night, it was as if I was opening the lid of a memory, and then I slammed it shut with all my might.

I always see that afternoon in a daze, with my master’s tearful eyes in the sunlight, and hear that song, “Sister, you boldly go forward, forward, don’t look back…” Then, there was the silent night in the bamboo forest, and then a whole day of hopeless waiting in front of the porch.

The pain was so great that I had to lie on the bed, huddled up in silence, covering my ears…

I didn’t sleep that night, but I still had to go on living, and I was a little anxious.

We started to meet every two days, and even because of some anxiety, it became a daily gathering. However, no one could bring any valuable news. I thought of the entertainment room. I wanted to find out more. I even wanted to find Lin Chen, but I found that I didn’t have enough of the so-called point paper.

So, should I give up some of my principles and earn the points? In my anxiety, I struggled even more!

Everyone was like me, and our gatherings began to turn into arguments. On several occasions, people who spoke to each other with barbs almost came to blows, but then regretted it and were filled with remorse. Our group of people was like being placed on a fire and roasted because of the news about the half-master.

There was no concept of time at all during these days. Three days passed in the blink of an eye, which seemed to have passed quickly, but also seemed to have passed exceptionally long.

How could we possibly notice that a major event was about to take place in the Holy Village as time passed?

The newlywed is about to marry the so-called god, which is the unwavering and number one event in the holy village!

On that morning, the weather was exceptionally cold, and in the blink of an eye, the days had already passed from late autumn into winter… Perhaps to welcome the arrival of winter, it began to snow lightly under the sky.

Instead of the familiar music that wakes me up every day, like the elementary school gymnastics music, this day, I was woken up by the sound of gongs and drums.