Chapter 17: Down the Mountain Volume End

  "...Shi Yi'an roughly understood, that is to say, whether he can continue to sign with Shou Hu in the future depends on Lang Yan's magnanimity, and by the same token, whether he can be favored in the future also depends on Lang Yan's words."

  Looking at Shi Yi'an's face which had turned as black as the bottom of a pot, Shi Yi said with a smile: "Same old saying, since you can't resist, just lie down and enjoy it."

  "I'm going, to be honest, I don't understand why the Guardians want to make a contract with us." Shī Yǐ ān couldn't believe that all the Guardians were selfless, for the sake of world peace and human progress, willing to sign a contract with the descendants of the Shī family.

  "Why are they able to guard? Most of the guardians are actually demons or monsters that have cultivated to the point of becoming immortals, but failed to pass the tribulation. The ancestors of the Shi family infused their souls into stone statues, and they signed a contract with the destined members of the Shi family, becoming the guardians of the Shi family's descendants. When the Shi family's descendants' lifespan is exhausted, they can obtain a truly belonging body, and continue to cultivate through trials, which is also another kind of win-win situation."

  "What if we die before our time is up?" Shi Yian asked.

  "The guardian will turn back into stone and wait for the next master's arrival."

  It's not hard to understand why Lang Xian would say that he will take care of himself until death. The stone statue of Lang Xian has been standing at the entrance of his home for thousands of years, and it can be said that he actually saved himself. As a result, Lang Xian had an arrogant and domineering appearance, as if he had taken great advantage of him.

  Shi Yi An suddenly thought of a question and hesitated for a moment before asking, "Hey, are you the white wolf that was at the door?"

  "Yes, not a single reaction, no blood has seeped in, I even suspect that it's just a stone." Shī Yì Xíng handed over his own bitten and bloody finger to Shī Yì ān.

  Shi Yi'an stretched out his own skin-flapped fingers, and the two of them looked at each other's fingers, exchanging a smile. Then they called for Gui Yong to go to Xiao Shu's place to fetch some medicine.

  Young uncle sent Yu Qing over with medicine and said there was something to give to Shi Yi An, telling Shi Yi An to return to Si Wei Ju early.

  Shi Yi'an was worried that Xiao Shu would be anxious, so he hastily bid farewell to Shi Yi and rushed back to Si Wei's residence. As a result, he saw Xiao Shu chatting with Yun Mo, and suddenly felt that he might have come back too early. Yun Mo had an air of indifference, sitting on the stool at the entrance of the small kitchen, fanning the pot of sour plum soup. The air was filled with the sour smell of fermented plums and hawthorns.

  Young uncle moved a small stool to sit beside, weighed out the Chinese plum, hawthorn, osmanthus and licorice with a steelyard and put them on oil paper, tied into packets. Young uncle's taste is always the same for ten years, wearing an orange-yellow big flower half-sleeved shirt, together with Yunmo, he looks like a lewd big uncle.

  "It's back pretty quickly." Little uncle glanced at Shi Yian and saw that he was back, patted his hands to remove the remaining residue, stood up, pointed to the things on the table and said: "These are all external injuries, detoxification medicines, you just used them when you came down from the mountain. After using them up, give me a call over here and I'll have them express delivered to you."

  "Uh-huh."

  "Tomorrow I have to go down the mountain to take care of some business, and it's uncertain whether I'll be able to return in a day or two," said Little Uncle. "When you leave, I won't see you off."

  "It doesn't matter, I'll just go out and gain some experience, and come back to see you after a while." Shi Yi'an said with a smile.

  After Xiao Shu, Da Bo and San Shu also sent a lot of things to Shi Yi'an one after another. There were so many incense sticks, candles, and spirit money that they filled up a big box. It was heavy to carry, but if she didn't take it, it would be impolite to everyone's kind intentions. What a difficult decision!

  In the evening, Shi Yi An and Lang Xiang had dinner together.

  "You sleep in the study room tonight, I'll ask Yun Mo to find bedding." Shi Yi An said during the break after dinner.

  He put down his chopsticks, pulled out a paper towel and wiped his mouth clean, saying, "No need."

  Shi Yi An originally wanted to ask why, but looking at Lang Xun's appearance, he suppressed his doubts. Before going to bed that night, he saw Lang Xun open the door and walk out. Feeling suspicious, he quietly opened the door to see where Lang Xun was going.

  As soon as the door opened, a black wolf as tall as a person sat in the moonlight in the courtyard, with its eyes narrowed and its head raised to bask in the moonlight. Its fur was not very long, but it shone brightly under the moonlight. The black wolf sat upright, its back forming a beautiful arc.

  The black wolf felt someone behind him, opened his eyes and turned around to ask: "Anything?"

  ……

  It feels very strange for this wolf to speak human language.

  "You, why don't you come out only when I need you like other people's guardians?" Shi Yian walked out and sat on the stone steps at the door, propping up her chin to ask.

  "Hmph, I'm not like those lowly little demons that need to be summoned by some foolish master."

  Shi Yi'an's face was covered in black lines, and he knew that his mouth couldn't produce ivory. He had originally planned to chat with him and improve their relationship, but instead, he put on a big tail wolf here, which is the real big tail wolf. Shi Yi'an got up and slammed the door, going to sleep.

  The black wolf tilted its head, sat there with a flick of its ear, and looked at Shi Yian with a puzzled expression as he slammed the door shut with a loud bang. The shiny black tail swept across the ground before turning back to continue cultivating. At present, the spiritual power on his body had not recovered even one-tenth of what it was before.

  Shi Yi'an tossed and turned on the bed for a long time, although her eyes were already too tired to open, but her spirit was still very excited, her mind was full of messy things, sometimes it was the stone statue in the cave behind the mountain, sometimes it was Lang Xian's black shiny back when he transformed into a wolf.

  The next morning, Shī Yǐ ān woke up and didn't see Lǎng Juān in the courtyard. He gently pushed open the door of the study and saw Lǎng Juān lying on his side on the couch, resting with one hand supporting his head. Shī Yǐ ān quietly closed the door and turned to see Yún Mò holding a broom and wandering around the courtyard.

  "What are you looking for?" Shi Yi'an asked.

  "I was looking at your wolf, has it shed its fur?" Yun Mo said, suddenly pausing for a moment. "Speaking of which, I heard from Zhang San Tie who opened the door earlier that the white stone statue is gone."

  "Lost?" Who would bother to steal a stone statue, especially in these deep mountains and ancient forests? Could it be that the stone statue was really summoned by Shi Yue?

  Although Shī Yì Xíng said he couldn't sign the contract yesterday, thinking about it again and again, there's only one possibility. Shī Yì ān hastily ran to Zhī Jìng Jū, and when she rushed into the main room of Zhī Jìng Jū, she saw Shī Yì Xíng entwined with someone else on the bed. Shī Yì ān quickly turned her head to cover her face, apologized twice, and ran outside.

  "Yi An, come back quickly." Master Yi's eyes lit up as if he had seen a lifesaver and called out.

  Huh? So it's not mutual affection, but rather, forcing someone into a relationship?

  What a show! Shi Yi An took three steps and rushed in, seeing that Shi Yi had already broken free from the man, wrapped himself in an air conditioner, standing barefoot on the ground, his pale face flushed with intense exercise.

  The man lying on the bed had a face like a demon, with a red mole between his eyebrows, and his posture was seductive.

  "Who are you and why have you appeared here?" Shi Yi asked in a cold voice, as if he would kill the other person in an instant if they couldn't reveal their entire background in the next second.

  "My name is Wu Xiao, and you are, handsome guy." The man intentionally made his voice very soft, with every word's tone twisting and turning a hundred times. Especially when he said "handsome guy", he gazed at Shi Yiheng's two slender white legs with a smile in his eyes, looking like a pervert.

  Shi Yi'an was afraid that Shi Yi would act like himself, and immediately stopped him from speaking. In a low voice, he said: "The person in charge of opening the door at the entrance, Zhang San Tie, said that the white stone statue is gone."

  When it came to the two words "White Wolf", Shi Yi'an nodded towards the direction of dawn, reminding Shi Yi Xing.

  Shi Yihang was a clever person and immediately understood Shi Yian's meaning. His beautiful peacock eyes glanced at the windy/rude man on the bed, and his eyebrows and eyes were filled with sly smiles. He nodded to Shi Yian and walked over, saying: "I'm Shi Yihang, I'll be bothering you often in the future."

  He walked over and gently stroked the red mark on Dawn's forehead with his hand, asking softly, "I remember I summoned you yesterday afternoon."

  The man stood up with a dry smile and said: "Honey, we didn't promise same-day delivery."

  Looking at the man's unyielding appearance, Shi Yian felt it was better to leave first. He spread his hands and retreated a few steps, saying: "You guys handle your own affairs, I'm going back to pack my things."

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  Shi Yi'an was the last of four siblings to set out, and on the day he left the mountain, it was a sunny afternoon.

  In Shifu's house, every child had to go through this kind of thing. Generally speaking, it was not a big deal. Several ghost servants helped Shifu Yi'an put the things on the carriage.

  "Let's go early, or we'll catch the rush hour and risk missing our flight due to traffic congestion." The old man urged.

  "Got it." Shi Yi'an spoke while glancing at the two stone pedestals in front of the gate. When he arrived, there were two empty pedestals on either side, but now they were completely empty.

  "Grandpa, we've taken away all your door gods." Shi Yi'an said with a smile.

  The old man waved his hand and said, "You can live well, these are all insignificant. Tomorrow, I'll find two stonemasons to carve two more according to the original shape."

  "Yi Xing, when are you planning to come down from the mountain?" Shi Yi An turned his head and asked Shi Yi Xing.

  It's probably because Shī Yǐ finally signed a contract with the Guardian, and with the Guardian sharing his life, Shī Yǐ felt that his spirit and complexion had improved a lot compared to before.

  "My dad said I need to stay on the mountain for a while longer to see how my body is doing, but it shouldn't be too long. Once I come down from the mountain, you'll be the first one I look for. Alright, scram!"

  "I'm leaving, don't cry at home," said Shi Yian.

  Shi Yi laughed exaggeratedly and said: "Just kidding, without you, I don't know how good every day is."

  Under the repeated urging of Lao Yezi, Shī Yì ān finally set foot on the road. He turned his head to look at Láng Xùn sitting beside him. Láng Xùn was lowering his head to read a book. Today, he used magic to transform his long shirt into modern clothes: gray T-shirt and black trousers, simple but matching exceptionally well with his handsome face.

  He transformed his long hair into a handsome and neat short hair, and his movements still carried some classical noble style. When he reached the foot of the mountain, he would definitely be a big killer. Shī Yì ān could already predict that a bloody storm was coming.

  The car turned onto the highway, and Qingqiu Mountain gradually disappeared from Shiyan's line of sight.

  Shi Yi An knew that he had finally left Newbie Village behind and was about to embark on a long journey of leveling up.

  Volume One: End