Chapter 14: The Fifth Day of Closed Doors

  Guhuai Village, inside a thatched cottage!

  On the wooden table, more than twenty well-drawn talismans were placed, emitting a faint spiritual glow. On the ground, several talismans with dull colors were scattered around, seemingly discarded after failed refinement.

  There was also a pile of ordinary paper with strange symbols drawn on it, crumpled into balls and scattered all over the floor, making the room a mess.

  A divine brush, divine ink, and divine inkstone were placed beside a newly drawn talisman on the corner of a wooden desk. A young man with a gray robe, looking somewhat pale but with a hint of determination in his eyebrows, was stretching out his hands, focusing intently on the talisman.

  In a short while, the nine talismans on the token lit up one after another, emitting a faint silver glow that was barely visible to the naked eye. The young man remained calm and composed, but swiftly tapped his fingers on the lit-up talismans.

  A loud crash.

  When the youth pointed at the last talisman, the entire talisman lit up with a faint layer of spiritual light. However, if not for cultivators, it would be difficult to notice any difference from those discarded on the ground.

  This young man is none other than Ishi, who has not left his house for five days and has hardly slept for five nights!

  "Haha, the last one was a success too." Shi Sheng's eyes were bloodshot, and his handsome face broke into a smile. He glanced at the four dull-colored talismans on the ground and furrowed his brow: "Ah, I've been rushing things lately, or else those four wouldn't have failed either!"

  In these five days, Shi Sheng only chatted with Lin Wan'er during meals, and spent the rest of the time locked in his room. Not only did he learn all the basic knowledge of talismans, but also memorized every single one of those strange symbols.

  Shi Sheng turned the more than 20 talismans he had taken from Wang Bo's house into well-drawn talismans, but most of them were used to alleviate internal injuries, and some were used to treat external injuries, causing wounds to heal quickly. Although he had the agility of a mouse catcher for four or five years, there were still four talismans that failed.

  Meanwhile, once his Nen is restored, Shishu will manipulate the wooden sword to train his Nen intensity, accuracy and speed.

  Shi Sheng glanced at the peach wood dagger on the bed, and with a slight movement of his mind, the peach wood dagger shot up with a "whoosh" sound. Then Shi Sheng raised his hand and pointed, the peach wood dagger shook slightly before stabbing into the ground.

  Bang!

  The tip of the dagger was inserted into the ground as deep as two inches, and it was even more powerful than the force of stabbing into the ground with one's hand. Of course, if a grown-up with great strength held the peach wood dagger, they could also stab it into the ground so deeply, but at present, Stone's age couldn't achieve that.

  "Haha, although it's still not comparable to Wang Bo, it's enough to severely injure someone with one strike. Even finding a weak point and using this peach wood dagger to kill someone isn't impossible!" Shi Sheng said with narrowed eyes.

  He stretched his waist, Shi Sheng dozed off, feeling his eyelids getting heavier and heavier. Lately, he was really too tired. If it weren't for the worry that someone would come looking for trouble again, threatening his and Lin Wan'er's lives, Shi Sheng probably wouldn't have been so desperate.

  "Ah, if there were people with such perseverance on Earth, no matter what they did, as long as they could persist, I'm sure they would definitely succeed. 'Effort' and 'brainpower' are indeed the greatest assets. Indeed, pressure is a driving force! Shi Sheng sighed, on Earth, no matter how difficult things get, it's unlikely that anyone's life would be in danger."

  As a result, some young people do not have too much pressure, most of the time complaining about the low quality of life, and instead of having no financial capital, they use it as an excuse for not making progress, feeling that everything is under great pressure every day, but never really thinking about how to change the status quo.

  Spending the whole day with QQ, looking at WeChat, holding a fixed monthly salary to stroll around Taobao, doing work that doesn't count traffic, always repeating yesterday's life in a thousand ways, doing things that an 80-year-old can do, but fantasizing about beautiful things falling from the sky every day.

  Enjoying, shopping, falling in love, showing off wealth and coolness, playing games, etc. have consumed a lot of time, but this is still okay. Some people don't work hard and study weird things, those kinds of people have wasted their youth, even if they had ambitions, they ended up complaining. How can such people talk about success?

  "We must persevere!..." Shi Sheng said with a serious expression, but before he could finish speaking, his eyes closed and he fell onto the bed, fast asleep.

  ……

  "What? That kid hasn't left home all these years? In that case, it's impossible for him to be a disciple of any sect. It's strange, are you sure the information is accurate?" Zhou Tao said with a furrowed brow in a spacious quiet room.

  Opposite him stood a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing an official uniform, with a square face, looking like an official, bowing to Zhou Tao with great respect.

  "Zhou Gongzi, I've investigated thoroughly and found that the information others have obtained is almost the same as what I've found. That person is just a poor little guy with no background at all."

  "The last time the bandits raided Wulongsan, his foster parents were killed and he was almost beaten to death. We arrived at the scene later, and the bandits retreated after abandoning him." The middle-aged man said with a determined expression.

  "Huh? Did he make any unusual moves at the time? Was anyone among the robbers injured?" Zhou Tao asked.

  "Haha, I was right there, Zhou Gongzi thinks too highly of him. If he had that kind of skill, could he still be caught by bandits? However, this kid is a bit lazy, it's said that after winning some silver at Li Yuanwai's house last time, they didn't go out to earn silver anymore, and just stayed home every day, eating away their wealth without leaving the door." A middle-aged man named Jia Ren sneered.

  "These days have not come out? Jia Ren, you continue to lead people to watch, and if there is any news, come back and tell me!" Zhou Tao handed over a sentence, and the middle-aged man called Jia Ren turned around and left.

  After a long silence, Zhou Tao's mouth curled up: "This useless official is indeed unreliable, just sitting and eating? Hmph, I think he's been practicing in secret, looks like this kid has a complicated background, could it be that there's someone powerful backing him?"

  After a moment of contemplation, Zhou Tao's face turned cold: "Hmph, because you appeared, Little Sister Li Yan has prejudices against me. No matter what, I will find a way to deal with you, to avenge the humiliation of the embroidered needle!" As he spoke, Zhou Tao touched his forehead again, recalling the birthday poem incident, and a chill flashed in his eyes!

  ……

  The next morning, inside the thatched hut!

  Shi Sheng slept for a whole day and night, and when he woke up, he found that the originally messy room had become clean and tidy, with the scattered paper balls on the floor disappearing without a trace.

  The brush, ink and inkstone on the table, as well as the finished talismans, had all been put away. Underneath the wooden box were four talismans that had failed to be refined, which looked like they had been picked up from the floor by Lin Wan'er when she was cleaning her room and didn't dare throw them away casually.

  On the wooden chest was a stack of clean clothes, Shi Sheng got out of bed after washing up and changed into a clean robe, although it had patches on it, but Shi Sheng didn't mind at all, instead he felt an unprecedented warmth and thoughtfulness.

  Creak!

  The door creaked open, and Lin Wan'er walked in slowly. Seeing Shi Sheng wake up, she smiled slightly: "Ah Sheng is awake, you slept for a whole day and night, it seems like you're exhausted. I didn't call you, I'll go get the food now!"

  Before long, Lin Wan'er came in with a tray of food, and the two of them ate while chatting and laughing.

  "Thanks a lot, Wanyu sister! It's really good fortune to have you by my side!" Shi Sheng said sincerely.

  "Don't be polite with me, are you being distant from me? Otherwise, what's the thanks for?" Lin Wan'er frowned.

  "Hey, Wan'er sister misunderstood, don't think wildly!" Shi Sheng was no longer the same as before, and everything Lin Wan'er did might be for him, but when things happened to himself, how could Shi Sheng not be moved?

  "Uh-huh, I believe Ah-sheng!" After a pause, Lin Wan'er looked embarrassed, seemingly wanting to say something but hesitating.

  "What's wrong, Wan'er? Are you being distant with me?" Such a meticulous Shi Sheng, how could he not see Lin Wan'er's expression, there must be something hidden from him.

  "Ah Sheng, I told you not to get angry. Since I'm idle at home with nothing to do, I've been learning to embroider some small trinkets and then giving them to Wu Shu to help sell. This way, I don't have to go out, and I can earn some pocket money at home."

  In the past, I had no money and nowhere to learn, but now I can finally make money at home. Ah Sheng, you want me to do nothing, but Lin Wan'er is watching you make money, and I'm not comfortable with doing nothing myself. Besides, I like to embroider some small things!

  After some thought, Shi Sheng nodded his head. A gentle girl like Lin Wantong who was kind-hearted and considerate of others would indeed find it difficult to stay idle, but being able to stay at home without contacting others, Shi Sheng ultimately agreed.

  "Wan'er likes it, that's all. Just do it well, don't treat it as work and get too tired. Otherwise, I won't let you do anything!" Shi Sheng said seriously.

  Upon hearing this, Lin Wan'er immediately burst out laughing, seemingly relieved. Previously, she had always been the one taking care of Shi Sheng, and Shi Sheng never had his own opinions, listening to her for everything.

  Now, unbeknownst to herself, Lin Wan'er found that she had lost her own opinions, and before doing anything, she would first consider whether Shi Sheng was happy. But even so, Lin Wan'er liked this feeling very much. Perhaps, Shi Sheng really grew up and became a man who could take care of women!

  After two people finished dinner and chatted for a while, Shi Sheng put away the peach wood dagger and brought the well-drawn talisman to Wang Bo's house, but there was no one in the room.

  "Old Wang? I'm here!" Shi Sheng called out, but there was no response.

  "Where did the old man go? Is it because he knew I was coming to bring the talisman to sell to him, so he hid in a hurry?" Shi Sheng came into the house and sat on the chair. He didn't dare to move Wang Bo's things around.

  He waited for half a day without any news, Shi Sheng couldn't help but frown secretly: "Could it be that he went to see someone else's illness? Why isn't the hospital gate closed?"

  After finishing speaking, Shi Sheng looked towards a door in the room, which was the back house and should be where he rested and slept, but Shi Sheng didn't believe that Wang Bo hadn't gotten out of bed so late.

  "Is Wang Bo in or not? If you don't come out, I'll take all your things away!" Shi Sheng shouted loudly, but after waiting for half a day, there was still no movement! (End of this chapter, next chapter is more exciting!)

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