Chapter 76: Night Rain

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  As night fell, it rained again, and it seemed that the heavens did not want to clear up for a long time. The raindrops splashed over the city of Jiangzhou and the top of Fengshan Mountain.

  The night is dark and vast, with the sky and earth shrouded in a thick haze.

  Chen Jianchen sat at the entrance of Wosong Cave, gazing into the distant haze, lost in thought.

  "What are you thinking about, master?"

  The mouse demon ran over and jumped onto Chen Jianchen's left shoulder. It also wanted to open its eyes wide to take a look, but after looking for a while, it felt that there was nothing worth seeing at all.

  Chen Jianchen replied: "I was thinking that if it keeps raining, we won't be able to return to Jiangzhou tomorrow."

  The mouse demon was taken aback and hastily asked: "Master, are we going back?"

  To be honest, it was somewhat reluctant to leave - the spiritual energy of Wosong Cave was rich and dense, and with the careful guidance of Sister Bao Ning, it could learn high-level Taoist skills. How could it bear to leave? However, if the master had an order, it would never disobey.

  Chen Jianchen smiled and said, "Even if we go back, only I will be going back."

  The mouse demon's current cultivation is ordinary and needs to be improved. Letting it follow Yīn Níng is a good path. Although Yīn Níng inherited the Daoist traditions of Yī Yè Zhī Qiū, it doesn't have any arrogant or self-conceited mentality. As long as Xiǎo Yì is willing to learn, it's willing to teach.

  "Master, I..."

  The little mouse is crying again - this mouse spirit's emotions are a bit too rich.

  Chen Jianchen snapped his fingers, and with a soft "pop", he lightly tapped the mouse demon on the head. He said, "Xiao Yi, from now on, you can call me 'Gong' just like Bao Ning does. Calling me 'Master' this and 'Master' that always feels a bit awkward."

  "How can this be?"

  "I say it's okay, then it's okay."

  "Alright then, thank you, Master Gu."

  In fact, there was no agreement or contract between them and Chen Jianchen. At first, Chen Jianchen let it go, and it humbled itself to become a slave; later, seeing that following Chen Jianchen could learn Taoist techniques and gain great benefits, it had no other thoughts; now that it clearly recognizes Chen Jianchen's character, and has also met Yining sister, they are like one family, feeling warm and fuzzy, no longer as lonely as before.

  "Are you ready to go back tomorrow?"

  At this time, Yin Ning also sat down beside him and handed over the written words.

  The characters she wrote were increasingly beautiful, with each stroke evenly balanced, showing great improvement. If you showed it to others, they would think it was the handwriting of a young lady from a noble family.

  "Uh-huh, tomorrow, that Dharma Assembly will be almost over, and the holiday will also end. I need to go back to school."

  Yining seemed somewhat melancholic and wrote: "I don't want you to leave."

  Chen Jianchen chuckled: "It's just a temporary departure. Hmm, you and Xiao Yi should stay in the cave mansion and cultivate diligently. Once you master those mysterious Dao methods, you can truly enter the city to play."

  When the infant Ning became a monster, in order to read and recognize characters, it often sneaked down the mountain to the village. It didn't dare enter the city, nor could it easily get in. This was because there were too many people in the city, and its fur was too eye-catching and precious. If it was discovered by humans, even if it had become a monster, it would be doomed.

  So at that time, it could only wander around in the countryside, especially liking to go around the private school, find a safe place, lie down on the ground or climb up a tree, find a comfortable branch to lie on, and quietly listen to the children inside the private school reading aloud.

  It was this little fox spirit that, through such clumsy methods, gradually came to recognize many, many characters. Now thinking back on it, Ning could confirm that she must have heard Chen Jingchuan's reading voice before. Seriously reflecting on it, she always felt that among the lingering sounds of reading in her mind, his voice was definitely the loudest.

  It must be.

  I have not seen your face, but I have heard your voice.

  Recognizing the characters, Yinniang then found an opportunity to enter the school and took several primers, such as "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Essay".

  It can't be considered stealing books, at most it can only be called borrowing books, because Yinniang had once heard a Mr. Baihu say with a shake of his head: "How can the affairs of bookworms be described as stealing?"

  Moreover, after taking the book, Yinniang would always put down a string of copper coins in its original position. She witnessed with her own eyes that when the students who lost their books saw the money, they were extremely happy and not at all regretful about losing their books, because in their minds, the status of money was undoubtedly higher than that of books.

  After staying in the village for a long time, Yinniang thought of going to the county town to experience the bustling red dust world. It can be said that this is one of her dreams.

  However, the infant Ning more clearly realized that in its unrefined state, the city was extremely dangerous for it. Because in the vast city, guards were everywhere, and with a slight carelessness, it would be discovered and fall into an irretrievable situation. Unlike Xiaoyi, the mouse demon's body had innate advantages, being skilled at hiding and escaping, and could easily escape far away by drilling into any place.

  Moreover, Yinniang had also heard that in the city there were all sorts of masters and experts, with extraordinary people appearing and disappearing. If she encountered them, she would die even faster, and would definitely be "exorcised" by someone.

  However, Yin Ning still didn't quite understand why the other side had to subdue and exorcise demons. Even though she had never harmed a single person before.

  Hearing Chen Jianchen's words, Yin Ning knew that his words were reasonable. For now, she must first thoroughly study the Taoist scriptures and only then can she have a future.

  "After some thought, he suddenly asked: 'Sir, I heard from Xiao Yi that there is a wealthy young man in the city who intends to do you harm. If you go back, won't you be in danger? Yin Ning is really worried.'"

  After calling Yining "sister", Xiao Yi's mouth suddenly opened and she said many things.

  Upon hearing this, Chen Jianchen smiled and said: "Don't worry, I'm in the academy, he won't dare to come and cause trouble." Thinking about his plan that day, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Just as things were about to go according to plan, the Hongfa troops entered Jiangzhou, suddenly turning everything upside down.

  Thus, trouble was left behind.

  Of course, Chen Jianchen has the honor of being a scholar, and it's not easy for Wu Wencai to move him; as for Chen Jianchen himself, he is upright and steadfast, choosing good deeds with determination, and has long been prepared, so how could he be easily found by Wu Wencai to exploit any weaknesses?

  Ying Ning thought for a moment, then continued writing: "Gong, why not let Xiao Yi accompany you back instead? It's better to have someone take care of you. After some time has passed and things have calmed down, he can come find me again."

  The human heart is unpredictable; he had never seen it before, but had long since heard of it.

  Xiao Yi stood up straight and said: "Master... sir, Yining sister is right, I also don't feel at ease with you going back alone."

  Facing the concern of the two little monsters, Chen Jianchen's heart had a different emotional flow, warm and gentle. After a slight pause, he said, "Alright." For now, although the mouse monster didn't have much power, it was quick-witted and agile, able to play a role in many things. He had already made up his mind that after returning to Jiangzhou, once the Black Shirt Guards escorted the Buddhist monks away, he would take action first.

  Raise your head and look at the rain again, but it's getting bigger and bigger - The tree wants to be still but the wind won't stop, once you enter the world of rivers and lakes, the waves are fierce, probably like this...

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