Chapter 138: prophecy
Shen You, who was planning to return to the capital, specially delayed Shen Qingcheng in the orphanage for a few days.
A few days later, Shen You completed the adoption procedures, and the old and the young took the train back to the capital.
The house where Shen You lives is a two-bedroom house assigned to him by the state. The space is not large, but it is enough for the two of them, and the security of the community where the house is located is also very high.
The sword was given to him as a rite of passage.
There was warmth in his eyes.
"Are you hungry?" After closing the door, Shen You lowered his head and asked Xiaodouding standing beside him.
But only Shen Qingcheng knew that the old man actually liked children very much.
Shen Qingcheng held the toy pony and looked up at the master he remembered. Compared with the weak and weak lying on the bed before his death, Shen You now has gray hair, but he is still in good spirits.
Especially the pair of eyes that can distinguish between Yin and Yang, looking at Shen Qingcheng, it is almost shining.
After finally catching a cute little doll, it will be his own from now on, can he be unhappy?
Shen Qingcheng avoided Shen Youhi's excited gaze and nodded timidly. Hungry is really hungry, there is something good to eat on the train.
So he was carried by Shen You to sit on the sofa, there was no snacks at home, Shen You secretly regretted, and had to pat the head of the toy pony brought out from the orphanage, he was full of pride into the kitchen to cook noodles.
Shen Qingcheng looked down at the pony, then reached out and tugged at the pony's head.
Last time he didn't expect to be adopted by Shen You, and he didn't know how to play a 6-year-old orphan, so he was very taciturn when he first arrived at Shen You's side.
This time he didn't want to.
The two sat at the small wooden table and sucked the noodles face to face, Shen Qingcheng: "Why did you adopt me?"
Shen You was surprised.
He didn't expect that the child would take the initiative to speak. When he was adopted, the people at the orphanage mentioned that the child was a little dull because of the high fever, but he didn't take it to heart.
This child is so smart at first sight, how could he be slow? The governor is early, because it is possible to know that he was abandoned by his parents and autistic.
It's a good thing to be able to speak. Shen You didn't want to hide the reason for the adoption. Of course, on the one hand, he really didn't know how to raise a child.
He said: "You are very talented and very suitable to inherit my mantle."
"..." Don't think about whether the little kid can understand the meaning of the mantle? Shen Qingcheng had to ask a different way, "What do I need to do?"
The child with red lips and white teeth asked what you need to do with a pair of round eyes seriously. This look made Shen You greedy and wanted to reach out and knead twice on that tender and tender face.
He endured the itch, "Cough, look at the calligraphy and painting characters, and when I grow up, I will follow my teacher to catch ghosts."
Seeing the child's dull eyes, he comforted him softly: "Don't be afraid, the evil spirits are not scary, they can carry you and fly high."
Shen Qingcheng: "..." He shouldn't have asked!
Isn't it good to let the old man tell him his new name and then complete the apprenticeship ceremony? He knows the old man too well. Since the old man has mentioned flying high here, he can definitely do it when he encounters a suitable ghost in the future!
"That's right, apprentice, let's address each other as master and apprentice. From now on, just call me Master. I gave you a name for Master, Qingcheng. My surname is Shen, and you will be called Shen Qingcheng in the future."
Shen Qingcheng didn't dare to ask anything else, for fear of causing another big horse, he said obediently, "I know Master."
When Shen Qingcheng was seven years old, Shen You finally found a suitable ghost and completed a flying high in Shen Qingcheng's "expecting" eyes, and then got out of control, stunned for "satisfied" little The child's playfulness has reached the age of ten.
Although Shen You is unreliable in raising children, she can be said to teach the knowledge of catching ghosts with all her heart and soul. Regardless of the size, Shen Qingcheng will be brought to the scene to observe.
Thanks to Shen Qingcheng not being a real child.
Later, Shen Qingcheng heard Shen You sigh in his sleep, "Master's choice is selfish, but I also hope that my good disciple can survive the fierce battle ten years later."
Shen Qingcheng understands what the old man means, selfishness means that the purpose of the old man adopting him is mainly because of the ghost who will be born in the prophecy 20 years later.
But he didn't blame Shen You, he knew very well that there was no such thing as a ghost, and Shen You would still adopt him in the orphanage that year.
Everything is fate, and this path is his own choice.
Once Shen You "goes on a business trip", Shen Qingcheng will be left at home. At first Shen You entrusted the child to fellow Taoists in the capital. Then he gave the child to this year-end handover with peace of mind.
Speaking of this year-end friendship, that was a person found in the family when Shen Qingcheng was adopted less than four months ago.
At that time, the old man went out to buy groceries, Shen Qingcheng was watching a cartoon of writing characters at home, and suddenly there were two rhythmic sounds of "dong dong" at the door.
The old man just went out and didn't come back so soon, who is it? Shen Qingcheng lowered the volume and said crisply, "Who is it?"
There was a moment of silence outside the door, and a low male voice sounded, "Lu Qi."
Shen Qingcheng: "!"
He immediately jumped off the sofa and ran to the door with his short legs to open it. Outside the door stood a man who needed him to straighten his neck to see the top of his head. Thief handsome.
He always thought that Lu Qi would be a person, but Lu Qi came in as a player?
Then Lu Qi is in her twenties now!
Shen Qingcheng's small red mouth opened, "Uncle Lu!"
Lu Qi: "…"
The six-year-old Xiaodouding is not as tall as a man's waist. Lu Qi leaned over and picked up Xiaodouding with one hand, and entered the Shen family's house very consciously.
The split apple was still playing on the TV, Shen Qingcheng sat on the man's strong forearm and sipped Uncle Lu, "Uncle Lu, how old are you this year? Uncle Lu, what are you doing now? What kind of work? Uncle Lu..."
Lu Qi pinched the child's tender face and avoided talking about certain issues, "I am currently in the capital police station, and I will find a way to be transferred to a special office."
The special office is a department dedicated to cooperating with some celestial masters to deal with special events.
Shen Qingcheng said in a milky voice: "Did Uncle Lu come in for me? But Qingqing is only six years old this year"
Lu Qi: "...Speak well, don't be rude."
Shen Qingcheng grinned and slapped the man's face.
Then the two of them tacitly ignored the matter of Li Gui after 20 years, and only discussed how to clear the level and leave the game.
Shen Qingcheng: "I don't even know if we are still in the dungeon."
Especially later they entered the No. 1 copy of the abnormal state through the console...
Shen Qingcheng is now a 6-year-old Shen Qingcheng, and he does not have a game terminal.
He now regrets it a little bit. What's wrong with Chen Zhi's rotten millet? He has to come in and be hypocritical. Now he can't get out.
He puffed up his face in frustration, and he gasped when Lu Qi poked him.
Shen Qingcheng looked at the man accusingly.
Quietly withdrew the disturbing hand, Lu Qi: "It's still the same copy."
Shen Qingcheng: "Terminal?"
The man nods, he is a player with a terminal on his body.
Shen Qingcheng understands.
The customs clearance method provided by this dungeon is still the story line and survive until the end of the dungeon time. The story line method was excluded by them first.
Because this copy itself doesn't have a full story, only some fragmentary fragments, they are not sure which fragment is selected as an answer to submit.
So there is only one left to live until the end of the copy time.
Shen Qingcheng: "But I remember that the dungeon prompt showed that the time limit was unknown?"
The story line is uncertain, the time is unknown, how are they going to get out?
Lu Qi: "I prefer these two time points, one is that we live to the end of our lives, and the other is..."
He rubbed the child's soft hair, "Two years later."
That's twenty years from now.
Shen Qingcheng still hasn't forgotten that this is just a game copy. Twenty years later, he chose to "perish" with Li Gui, and the ghost NPCs are gone, how can the story continue?
Lu Qi worked hard to take care of his mood, Shen Qingcheng was not very happy, in fact he didn't care that much about his past.
Relying on his small body now, he tucked himself into the man's arms and asked the question he had asked before, "Do you know my past?"
Lu Qi paused, "...um."
Shen Qingcheng: "Then you have nothing to say?"
Lu Qi: "Qingqing was very good when he was a child." He was so good that he stole people back and raised him during the test.
Then the two talked about something else. When Lu Qi saw that it was almost time for Shen You to come back, he left early. He would find another opportunity to get to know Shen You first.
It was Shen Qingcheng's eighteenth birthday.
On this day, Shen Qingcheng received the thousand-year-old peach wood sword carved by Shen You, and on this day, Shen You truthfully told Shen Qingcheng what he needed to face when he was twenty-six years old.
Shen You is not a good parent, he is stern, but he will read bedtime stories to Shen Qingcheng, and he will buy a small cake for his birthday. He hugged him awkwardly and coaxed.
Shen Youshi really loves him, Shen Qingcheng can feel it.
These are the reasons why he is still willing to fulfill Shen You's last wish after knowing the whole truth. The old man is dead, what else can he take as a souvenir.
"Are you thinking of your Uncle Lu?" Seeing Shen Qingcheng holding the peach wood sword in a daze, Shen You asked, "I have something I want to tell you, after that, you will go to your Uncle Lu to celebrate Birthday."
Shen Qingcheng didn't say whether it was or not, he closed the box containing the peach wood sword and put it aside, pursed his lips and pulled out a smile, "What do you want to say?"
Shen You: "I believe you have heard of that prophecy? This is what I want to tell you today."
"This is from when I was as old as you..."