"Mom!" Ye Kong walked to the gate of his small courtyard and felt warm in his heart. He didn't expect to experience the warmth of a family in a different world. When he was not time-traveling, he often saw other people's parents spoiling their children so much. Now he also had a mother.
Although it was a little ugly, Ye Kong believed that he would find a way to make the black scars on his mother's face disappear in the future. This was Ye Kong's biggest wish.
Chen Jiuniang didn't hear the shouting outside. She was busy with embroidery, which was urgently needed by the second wife. She didn't dare to delay. Ye Kong hadn't been back for more than half a month. She didn't expect that Ye Kong would come back today.
"Mom! I'm back. "Ye Kong opened the door and shouted with a smile.
"Ah!" Hearing her son's voice, Chen Jiuniang turned her head in surprise and said with a smile, "Take a bath and change your clothes. Have a good sleep. Tomorrow you have to suffer again."
Ye Kong laughed and pulled a bench to sit down. He said, "I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
Chen Jiuniang smiled and continued to work. She said, "Let's hear the good news first. I'm afraid to hear the bad news."
Ye Kong said, "Well, the good news is … I'm free. I don't have to see the ancestors' memorial tablets anymore."
"Really?" Chen Jiuniang looked up and was also very excited. She didn't know that Ye Kong didn't care about the coldness in the ancestral hall at all. He had been worried that his son would get sick inside. Now that he didn't have to go, of course, he was happy.
"What's the bad news?" Chen Jiuniang just felt happy, but she frowned again. Did this guy cause trouble as soon as he came out?
Fortunately, it was not what she thought. Ye Kong said, "The bad news is that you have to bleed. I'm going to buy something good. Bring me some money!"
"Look at how surprised you are!" Chen Jiuniang said angrily. She patted Ye Kong's palm and said, "Tell me what you want to buy. You can ask for as much as you want."
Ye Kong didn't hire a martial arts master for the money he got from Ye Haoran. Instead, he kept it with Chen Jiuniang. After more than a year, he had saved up nearly two hundred taels of silver. It was not a small sum of money in Cangnan Mainland. Chen Jiuniang still hoped to save it for Ye Kong's future wife.
"Hm … buying yellow paper and cinnabar shouldn't cost much money, right?" Ye Kong had been in the Cangnan Continent for more than a year, but he had never been out on the streets. Of course, he didn't know about the prices. He thought for a while and said, "Mother, why don't we go shopping together? You haven't been out for a long time, right?"
"Ah? Out? " Chen Jiuniang furrowed her brows, lowered her head and mumbled, "I … I'm in a rush. Just name the price."
Ye Kong didn't notice her expression. He said, "Who are you in a rush to do this time? It's already good enough that I'm embroidering for them. Do you think I'm here to work for them? "
"You're always like a scoundrel." Chen Jiuniang smiled and chided. She lowered her head and said, "Actually, mother … doesn't like to go out."
Ye Kong immediately understood. He looked at his mother, who had her head lowered and said solemnly, "Mother, don't worry. I'll find a way to cure your face sooner or later. Isn't it just melanin deposition? Your son is about to become a divine doctor. "
Chen Jiuniang didn't know anything about melanin deposition. She only knew that the black scar on her face wouldn't heal. Back then, even the best doctor in Nandu City said it couldn't be cured. Her son was comforting her.
"Okay, mother is waiting for you to cure it." Although she knew her son was comforting her, Chen Jiuniang still pretended to be happy.
She was indeed happy. Although her face wouldn't heal, compared to a year ago, her son had become a genius from a fool. He even knew how to dote on people. What reason was there to be unhappy?
"Don't worry. There will be a way." Ye Kong nodded his head.
In fact, he wasn't bragging. He really was about to become a divine doctor. To be precise, he was a talisman doctor.
If one wanted to talk about it, it would still have to talk about the book of talismans. This book was hidden in his soul. It was opened, but only a small part of it was opened.
This book of talismans was divided into two types: spiritual talismans and paper talismans. The so-called spiritual talismans required spiritual energy to be engraved. They were powerful talismans with spiritual energy.
The paper talismans were much worse. They didn't have spiritual energy and didn't have many functions. They were the yellow paper talismans that could be used on earth.
Ye Kong's current divine sense was not strong enough to read the spiritual talismans. The few pages of the book that he opened were all paper talismans. And these paper talismans were all used to cure diseases or exorcise ghosts.
There were calming talismans, clear eyes talismans, clear heart talismans and so on. For the current Ye Kong, they weren't very useful. He didn't want to become a doctor. What he really looked forward to was being able to use spiritual talismans in the future. He wanted to release powerful talismans that could be used to fight and kill a large number of people.
Of course, he didn't know if there was such a talisman in the book, but he was very confident!
Although he didn't want to be a doctor, he had seen a lot of paper talismans. He still wanted to draw a few to test it out. Therefore, he was in a hurry to go out and buy the materials to draw talismans.
"Come back early." Chen Jiuniang gave him twenty silver taels. She didn't forget to nag him a few words, "Don't cause trouble when you go out. Also, don't swing around when you walk. Retract your arms, just like a rogue."
"Mother, you're wrong. It's not a rogue, it's a rogue. A rogue is the sum of a local ruffian, a rogue, a bully, and a lecher." Ye Kong put the silver taels into his sleeve and walked out with a smile.
Chen Jiuniang grumpily muttered, "In any case, they're not good people." Then she lowered her head and went back to her embroidery work.
"Good people? Good people can't even go out the door! "Ye Kong muttered and came to the door. Today, the one sitting in the doorway was Li Laosi, whom he had beaten before.
"Eighth young master, where are you going?" Li Laosi bowed and greeted him.
Ye Kong found it funny. This person was a bit more powerful. If you were polite to him, he would treat you as if you didn't have any temper. If you beat him, he would treat you like an ancestor.
"I'm going out to buy something." Ye Kong didn't even look at him.
"Master, when you go out, please take care that the Ye family's disciples be careful with their words and actions, don't get into trouble, and usually …"
"I'm going out to buy something!" This time, Ye Kong raised his voice and stared at Li Laosi with a pair of sharp eyes.
"Eighth young master … take care." Li Laosi was scared and trembled. He thought that this eighth young master was even more powerful than a year ago. It was better to hide from this kind of evil person.
Walking out of the gate of the Ye Mansion, Ye Kong stood under the sun and looked back at the gate of the Ye Mansion. He saw a high gate with a big plaque, majestic stone lions, and layers of big stone steps, which had a simple but vigorous momentum. In front of the gate, there were several Ye Jiajun men with podaos hanging on their waists, looking arrogant. The most eye-catching thing was the words "General of the South Mansion" written by the current emperor An Rushan.
"Although the Ye Mansion is good, it is not a place for me, Ye Kong, to stay for a long time." Ye Kong already had the intention to leave. He lifted the front of his blue robe and walked towards the bustling street.
Walking on the street of Cangnan continent for the first time, Ye Kong felt particularly novel, as if he was a country man entering the city. Looking left and right, everything could arouse his interest.
"Ah, there is actually a shop that specializes in repairing broken bowls. There are so many people over there. They are fighting crickets, ah, not crickets, so fierce, a bit like mantises."
Ye Kong walked through the bustling commercial district, there were fresh things everywhere, for example, there were also sugar figurines here, but they were all monsters with three heads and six arms, holding all kinds of weapons in their hands.
The most different thing from the ancient cities on earth was that in the middle of every busy street intersection, there was a square platform made of blue bricks, about one meter high, square.
This was not a traffic police station, this was a fighting ring. Cangnan continent valued martial arts more than literature, and the southern part of the An Kingdom was close to the barbarians, so the people here practiced martial arts, and the folk customs were not ordinary fierce. After a few words, people could not help but want to learn from each other.
But they could not always fight in the street, right? What if they hurt innocent people? What if they smashed the shop? Therefore, a fighting ring appeared at this intersection, privately owned, but it must be approved by the government. Those who wanted to learn from each other could go up and fight for 50 copper coins.
In Cangnan continent, 100 copper coins was one tael of silver, so 50 copper coins was not cheap, but if they were beaten to death, the boss had to pay for the burial, and if they were injured, there were special medicines for internal and external use, so it was not expensive.
Ye Kong happened to see a pair of strong men with thick arms at an intersection, about to fight. Ye Kong was not in a hurry, anyway, it did not cost money, so he crossed his arms and mixed in the crowd to watch.
"I am Lu Fei from Yuntai Mountain, let brother see my Yuntai Falling Leaves Palm."
The other also cupped his fists and said, "I am Sun Sanli from Green Leaf Sect, let me show you the Lightness Skill of Green Leaf Sect — Flying Ten Thousand Miles!"
Next, the two men fought together. One mainly used his palm wind, while the other was known for his agile and erratic movements. For a moment, they were locked in a fierce battle.
This was the first time that Ye Kong watched a fight between people of Cangnan continent, and he was fascinated for a moment. Since he cultivated the Five Elements Immortal Ascension Scripture, his eyes were extremely sharp, and his memory was indescribably good. After watching for a while, he felt the essence of their respective fist techniques.
"Practice is the best learning. In the future, I don't need to ask a martial arts master to teach me. When I have time, I will come and watch and learn a thing or two. With my reaction and movements, it should be enough to deal with some ordinary people." Ye Kong made up his mind. Seeing that the outcome of the fight was not decided, he stopped watching and squeezed out of the crowd.
Ye Kong did not notice that when he squeezed out of the crowd, a tall and sturdy bald head also came out. The bald head looked at the people behind Ye Kong with his eyes, and immediately, there were a few tall, short, fat and skinny people following behind him.
After a few steps, it was a calligraphy and painting shop. Ye Kong nodded, lifted the front of his blue robe, crossed the threshold, and walked into the shop.
"Young Master, do you want to buy books or paintings? We have the latest stereotypical collections, and also the famous Tang Boniu's paintings." A thin shop owner in his twenties greeted him.
"Well, I just want to look around." Ye Kong didn't know if this world sold yellow paper, so he ignored the shop owner and looked around.
The thin shop owner was very enthusiastic, "Young Master, we also have good Huangzhou brushes and Baishi Mountain inkstones. Their prices are also very reasonable."
Ye Kong continued to wave his hand, "I don't want to buy brushes, nor do I want inkstones."
The hemp straw shop owner suddenly seemed to understand something. With a lascivious smile, he dragged Ye Kong to a corner of the shop and took out a thin stack of books from his sleeve.
"Young Master, the latest edition of the Erotic Palace Award. Each book costs 20 copper coins. Every book is exciting and definitely worth the money. Look at the exquisite paintings, the alluring pictures …"
Ye Kong almost fainted, "Hey, hey, hey, this brother is only 13 years old this year. Don't you know that this is poisoning minors?"
"What does it matter if I'm 13 years old? I started reading when I was 10 years old. The cheapest book costs 15 copper coins. Let's make friends at the cost price. What do you think?" The hemp straw was still enthusiastically peddling.
"But your books are too crude. They are still black and white. If there is a playboy, then I can consider it." Ye Kong casually flipped through the books and said.
The hemp straw shop owner seemed to especially like this kind of books. He immediately asked, "Playboy? Is it better than this? Young Master, why don't we … exchange some ideas? "
"Okay, okay. Let's get down to business. Do you have the yellow paper for the cover of these erotic books?" Ye Kong said and then muttered, "No wonder they are called erotic books. The front and back cover are all yellow."
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