Chapter 1: Demon Gour (This chapter is free)

Small bridges, flowing water, dead trees and crows.

Yi Chu walked on this increasingly familiar path, watching the unknown little flowers blooming on the roadside, and he seemed to be about to fly. At this moment, he wanted to fly to his home and meet his parents.

"Huangshipo"! Yi Chu looked at the yellow hillside in front of him and couldn't help but feel a sense of joy in his heart. After crossing Huangshipo, he was only five miles away from Yijia Village where he lived. He had been away for three years and was about to appear at his feet.

Father, mother, Xiaoniu, Erdan..., figures kept flashing in Yi Chu's heart. He couldn't hide his inner excitement, and his steps accelerated a lot. At this time, if someone saw Yi Chu walking, he would be shocked, because he moved step by step, and it was three times faster than ordinary people.

People who can reach such speed are at least those who have reached the third level of martial arts, and there are not too many people who have reached the third level of rank in Daluo.

"Chu Wazi, are you Chu Wazi?" A happy voice came from the mouth of an old farmer who returned with a hoe. Looking at Yi Chu with a heroic look on his face, he shouted in disbelief.

Hearing this familiar and unfamiliar voice, Yi Chu stopped and looked at the old farmer wearing coarse cloth clothes, then exclaimed: "Uncle Lao Gan, Uncle Lao Gan, you are in good health!"

"Hahaha, it's really Chu Wazi. Are you back from joining the army?" Uncle Gan looked at Yi Chu's blue tights and asked happily.

"Yes, Uncle Lao Gan, I'm back from the army. The war between our country and Doro is over, and His Majesty the Emperor will let us go home alone." Yi Chu said that the war ended, a hint of joy appeared on his face. If the war was not over, he would not know when he would come back.

"Okay, I won't fight at last. I won't fight. I won't fight. My kid, the army has been in the world for a thousand years!" Uncle Lao Gan knocked his cigarette pot on the ground and said in a trembling voice.

It's better to be my hometown. Yi Chu looked at Uncle Lao Gan, who was as dry as an old elm tree. When he wanted to kiss him and love his parents, his eyes became a little hot and his heart became very soft, as if he was soaked in a pool of mountains and rivers warmed by the sun.

Uncle Lao Gan looked at Yi Chu's cheerful back and murmured to himself, "Poor child."

This is the first time Lao Gan called Yi Chu "baby". He knew that after this joy, this child, this miserable child, would never be happy again!

Yi Chu did not hear Uncle Lao Gan's sigh. At this time, he was completely immersed in the joy of returning home. Seventeen went on a battle for his father, three years of fighting on the battlefield, countless swords and shadows, many cycles of life and death, and several years of bloodshed at the knife head, Yi Chu has changed a lot. He has become a strong man, a broader temperament, and his eyebrows have become wider and more relaxed. The boy back then has grown into a passionate young man who can take responsibility.

I'm back, finally back alive!

Looking at the familiar land in my hometown, Yi Chu's heart thumped and jumped, like a happy bird imprisoned the forest.

Finally arrived at the entrance of the village! This place I was so imagining countless times! Yi Chu held back the tears at the corners of his eyes, with a humble and clear smile on his face, greeting the familiar and strange villagers.

Yi Chu, who was excited, did not notice that his neighbors looked abnormal. His heart filled with happiness and there was no place to hold anything else!

At this time, he wanted to step home and see if his father still liked to sip the wine in the corner of the kang with the dark wine gourd; he didn't know if his capable old mother steamed the fragrant and sweet date buns.

"Brother Yi Chu, are you back?" A strong man looked at Yi Chu and shouted in surprise.

Excited, Yi Chu looked at the face that had changed in front of him and stepped forward and punched the man: "Erdan, you guy, I didn't expect that you would jump higher than me if you haven't seen each other for a few years!" As he spoke, he pounded his childhood friend's body twice, and Yi Chu then walked towards his home.

"Brother Yi Chu..." Erdan looked at Yi Chu's back gradually fading away with pity, with a hint of worry on his face. He shouted something loudly, but he didn't know if Yi Chu could hear it.

"Erdan, I'll go home first. When you eat for a while, you call Xiaoniu and come to my house together. Let's have a good drink." Yi Chu shouted without looking back.

After turning around an alley, I almost arrived at my own home. A crooked elm seed appeared from afar.

Later, Yi Chu thought that it only took less than three years from heaven to hell!

He almost couldn't recognize his home. The burnt elm trees, the street walls blackened by the fire, the collapsed courtyard, the sadness filled the air, there was no dog, no pig, and no chicken, as if he had walked into a weed beach. Yi Chu's legs were weak! He suddenly remembered the words of Uncle Lao Gan: One day in the army, the world has been in the world. He was so panicked that he smashed it desperately on the door: "Dad! Mom! Open the door, open it quickly!"

Based on Yi Chu's experience in the army, he could see that no one had opened the door for a long time. He didn't know what signs were hidden, which made him worried. But he still had deep hopes that his parents just went out to work or visited him.

"Dad, dad! Mom, mom! I'm back, my son is back!" Yi Chu shouted loudly again, hoping that this voice could call his parents back.

"Brother Yi Chu, stop calling, uncle and aunt..." Erdan, who ran over panting, looked at Yi Chu who was anxious and said in a low voice.

"What's wrong? What's wrong with my parents?" Yi Chu's heart skipped a beat, lifted Erdan up and asked anxiously.

Erdan weighs at least 200 kilograms, and he is a strong man in the countryside, but he is lifted up by the thin Yi Chu. "Brother Yi Chu, let go, you are about to strangle me to death!"

Erdan let out a howl like a pig, and his hands kept dancing and stumbled, trying hard to break Yi Chu's hand that grabbed his collar. Unfortunately, his strength was too far inferior to Yi Chu's. If he wanted to break Yi Chu's hand, it was like a dragonfly shaking a pillar, and it would not have any effect at all.

After Erdan's efforts to tear it off, Yi Chu finally let go of Erdan and asked in a trembling voice: "Edan, tell me, what's wrong with my father and my mother?"

"Brother Yi Chu, the second year you went to the war, there was news that you died in the battle of Huyang Pass. After hearing this news, the aunt fainted on the spot, and the uncle's health was getting worse and worse. In less than two months, both elders died." Erdan did not dare to hide anything anymore and whispered everything.

"boom!"

Erdan's words were like a bolt from the blue, hitting Yi Chu's heart. After three years, his parents, whom he had been thinking about day and night, left like this! From then on, the Yin and Yang were separated and we could never meet again!

In silence, the dusty door was slowly opened.

It was like walking back against the years. When I was a child, I was ignorant and stared at my own bowl with hungry eyes. My father wanted to do heavy physical work, but he always hid in the stove and drank porridge secretly. When I was really tired, I drank two sips of inferior strong wine. As always, my mother's bowl was a bowl of clear soup that could see the shadows, but she always kept it a few date buns in the pot... My parents' kindness, bit by bit, was all held in his heart, like pearls hidden in a clam shell.

On the dusty kang table, a dark gourd was placed there. It was the gourd used by my father to drink. The gourd is not big, and can be held in one hand. It is very small and delicate. When Yi Chu was a child, he liked the most the wine gourd of his father. Now, the gourd is still the same, but his father can no longer see it. When he touched the small dark gourd, Yi Chu felt sour.

Now, he has come back, but he will never see his father and mother again. The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the son wants to support his parents but he is not waiting for him!

"Brother Yi Chu, you have to take care of yourself. Although the uncle and aunt are gone, if they know about it underground, they will definitely be happy that you can come back alive!" Erdan murmured for a long time, and finally squeezed out a few words of comforting people.

"I understand, Erdan, when I'm not at home, thank you for helping me take care of my father and mother. I'm fine, you can go and do it first." Yi Chu calmed down, patted Erdan's hand, and said softly.

Erdan didn't know what to say, but just stuttered: "Brother Yi Chu, wait for my meal to come to my house for a while. My mother has cooked a good meal and is waiting for you."

After walking two steps, Erdan seemed to remember something again. He looked at Yi Chu and then said hesitantly: "Brother Yi Chu, I'm useless. I was unable to save your property. All of your cousin took over."

Tian Chan? Yi Chu pondered for a while, but didn't say anything, but patted Erdan's shoulder. As Erdan left, only Yi Chu was left in the room. Looking at everything familiar, the smell of his parents came to his face. Yi Chu seemed to see his mother sitting in the kitchen, waving to him. A stream of heat and tenderness seemed to be heard from the rising smoke of cooking. Yi Chu's eyes felt sour and a stream of tears flowed out.

Men don’t cry easily, but they are not sad.

On the battlefield, Yi Chu shed blood and was injured, but he had never cried. But now, he seemed to be fumigated by the breath of fireworks, and his nose was sore and he couldn't stop crying.

Drops of tears flowed down Yi Chu's face, fell on the ground, on the table, and on the dark gourd in Yi Chu's hand. He cried sadly for a long time, and tears flowed like rain. He held his father's wine gourd in his hand, muttering "Mom! Mom! Mom---" Tears choked back the words below.

Yi Chu, who was completely silent in pain, did not notice that the dark gourd emitted a trace of black light under the erosion of tears. The black light continued to swell. In just a moment, Yi Chu surrounded it. Under the surround of this black light, Yi Chu fell asleep in a drowsy way.
Chapter completed!