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I watched him disappear at the foot of the mountain. After making sure that the blue robe was no longer visible, I turned around and walked back to the Peony Hundred Blossom Red that the man had fed to me for 99 days. Staring at the most inferior of my kind, I lightly snapped my fingers.

Bai Shengxue's "Divine Flower" turned into dust and disappeared into the wind.

Two days after this incident, I saw him again in the forest of the Vault of Heaven Mountain. At this moment, his spirit seemed to have improved a bit compared to before. His eyes began to shine with a faint light, and it could be seen from afar.

He looked around the forest, and when he looked up, he saw me sitting on a bluestone, swinging my legs, looking straight at him. I've finally found you!

Young Master Wen excitedly told me how amazing the medicine I gave him was. After returning home, he complied with my instructions and brewed a cup of tea with a thin piece. After Mother took it, she was able to walk in less than three days. He was surprised, surprised, and worried. He called for a doctor to come over and congratulate his son. The madame had recovered completely.

During these two days, all the neighbors who heard of this came to my house to inquire about it. They were unable to receive me, so I was so late to come and find you …

It's all right, as long as your mother is well. I was afraid that my father would see that I was with a human so I hastily interrupted him. I hastily jumped off the rock and ran. Wait! Available... Can you tell me your name?

As I ran, I turned my head and saw the thin, white, blue-robed man standing in the middle of the forest, bathing in the sunlight. He was leaning forward in my direction, slightly extending his hand.

"Cyan conch bamboo shoots, Hong Niang playing with the tigers." Hearing this, Young Master Wen blurted out a line of poetry, nodded his head, and praised: "Good name young lady!"

After that, I secretly ran out of the cave and into the forest to wait for my father and mother while the rest of the clansmen were sleeping soundly. Almost every day, we would meet up at the Sky Mountain and the Young Master Wen. Every time I arrive, he would already be waiting for me.

Under the sunlight, he was very handsome. He could shine, just like an immortal.

After a while, he came to understand that he was an honest scholar who was a teacher in a private school in Jinan City. His mother had been seriously ill before, and even though she was talented and still young, she had given up on going to the capital to take the exam for the sake of taking care of her mother.

Now that his mother was in good health, he went off to look for her. Smiling, he told me that he would reprepare for the exam, that there would be a day when he would make a name for himself in the imperial capital, and bring his mother to live in Qin Chuan.

I propped my chin on my hand and listened attentively as he talked about his ambitions. The man's eyes were bright and radiant as he described the glittering future in his mind, a completely different look from the one that had appeared when I first saw him. Most of the time, he would tell me some stories about the world that happened at the foot of the mountain, or some strange things that happened in various places on the continent.

Not long after that, I was waiting for him at his usual place when I saw him frowning, his head lowered in a preoccupied manner, his footsteps slow, he took the initiative to step forward and pat him on the shoulder. What's wrong with you?

Young Master Wen, seeing me arrive, hesitated for a long time before he finally asked softly, "Miss Snail …" Recently, a traveling doctor from the martial arts world came to me and asked me for the piece of medicine you gave me to look at. He said … He said that this pill was a thousand-year-old ginseng's scaly beard … I don't believe that such a legendary immortal medicine would appear here …

I stayed silent for a long time. Then I raised my head and calmly told him, Young Master Wen, that the traveling doctor was right.

I did give you a thousand-year-old ginseng.

Young Master Wen opened his eyes wide, staring blankly on the spot for a long time without being able to recover. Wen, what ability do you have to be saved by me like this … After saying that, he was about to pick up his long gown and kneel down, but I stopped him. "You don't need to be so preoccupied with it, I was the one who voluntarily gave you the scale beard."

I held my palms tightly under my sleeves, but pretended to be relaxed. I raised my head and asked him with a bright and beautiful smile, "Young Master Wen, we have known each other for a long time, Luo Niang wants to ask you, why do you want to take the entrance exam so badly?"

When Young Master Wen heard this, his embarrassed face immediately flushed red. He raised his hand to rub the back of his head, smirking as he explained in a gentle voice, because, because of a certain Wen family's poverty, their disciples were like the walls of the world. Only by doing his utmost to study, would he be able to seize that opportunity to change his fate.

I only want to live a decent life like ordinary people. He didn't ask for money or riches, as long as his mother didn't have to suffer alongside him and was able to eat her fill.

"Sssii ~ ~ ~"

With my hands behind my back and my fingers hidden in my long sleeves, I exerted strength and heard a faint crackling sound. From my arm, I removed a scaly beard with faint traces of blood.

As if nothing had happened, he reached out his hand from his sleeve and raised that small scale beard, smiling at him. Young Master Wen, look, don't you see that I still have the 1000-years-old scale beard of a ginseng?

I took his hand and gave him the little scale whisker that was part of my body. I didn't forget to think of a way to get it for him. You take it to the market and auction it. You can sell it.

I frowned, then added, But I don't know what a decent life is like for ordinary people... If that's not enough, come up the mountain and get it from me.

I'll wait for you in the same place as always.

But the only difference was that every time he wanted to go back, I would peel off a piece of the scale that was covering his skin and let him bring it back. I didn't want him to make it difficult for me, even if he didn't say it out loud, as long as I saw how worried he looked, I knew that he still needed more scale whiskers.

I wanted to help him, to help him fulfill his wish, because I wanted him to stop being torn apart by human life.

He did not need to study so hard, nor did he need to painstakingly look for good medicines or drip blood to nourish the flowers, nor did he have to give up his great future. He was so good, so kind, so talented and so filial.

I want him to live a decent and happy life that ordinary people have.

I hope he doesn't suffer any more.

Scales are fibers that grow from the surface of the ginseng to protect the trunk from damage. They are a part of the ginseng and have the same medicinal value as the ginseng. When we transform into a human form, the scaly hairs will cover the entire body and merge with the skin.

It was as if a knife was being used to cut off a piece of flesh every time a scale was pulled off. It was extremely painful. But I'm not afraid of pain.

The piece of skin would bleed after the scale was removed, so he had to sneak into his father's pharmacy to get some medicine to apply it. After stopping the bleeding, my scaly beard wouldn't regenerate. My skin had become a bare patch, and I was afraid of the light and the cold, so I used bandages to wrap myself up in layers. I hid my arms tightly under my sleeves.

As long as I can help the Young Master Wen, I am willing to do anything.

When I think about the gentle smile that bloomed on Young Master Wen's face after receiving the scale beard, I feel really happy. I am not afraid of the pain anymore.

Slowly, one of my arms was already almost completely pulled out, the bandages wrapped around and around it, and when I slept, the wound was ice-cold and hot. The pain was so stinging that I often rolled around on the floor in pain, but when I thought of how close Young Master Wen was to his dream, tears of joy blossomed in my eyes.

Young Master Wen seemed to be getting busy.

Sometimes, he would come every day, only every two or three days, and then, after a month, he wouldn't come to the Vast Sky Mountain, and I was afraid of missing him. I would always guard him from day to night, and then from night to day, and only when my father angrily appeared and grabbed me and brought me home did I reluctantly give up waiting.

Two months passed and he didn't come looking for me. I couldn't stop worrying and decided to go down the mountain to find him.

Even though I really couldn't bear to part with my father and mother, I couldn't help but to think about him. When I couldn't see him again, I felt that my life was boring.

Because he often wore blue robes, I carefully chose the most beautiful red dress for myself and carefully painted a set of gorgeous red makeup. Standing in front of the bronze mirror, I asked in a low voice.

Young Master Wen, is this good?

Jinan City is really too big. I wandered around in the bustling streets for a while, but I didn't know anyone and I didn't dare to speak, so I wandered around for an entire day without realizing it. Seeing that it was already late, I thought about the way out, so I asked to see the shopkeeper at a teahouse.

Seeing that I was alone and had nowhere to go, the shopkeeper agreed to my request and vacated a room for me. He even left me to eat and sleep in a tea shop in the future.

While staying at the teahouse in Jinan City, I gradually learned about the affairs of the Young Master Wen. I heard that he had relied on my scale beard to make a lot of money and had successfully moved with my mother to a luxurious manor.

I was very grateful to hear it, from the bottom of my heart, I was really happy for him.

After he had probably finished selling his scale beard, Young Master Wen actually took the initiative to ask around and found out that I was working in a tea shop. Very quickly, he sent a servant to inform me, inviting me to meet his at the tea shop.

After a long separation, we exchanged addresses and promised to keep in touch with each other by letter.

His complexion became very good, his temperament very different, and he went out with his carriage and his servants, no longer wearing the white, patched blue coat, and that was all, and I, who always wore red, looked forward to seeing him every day, a little disappointed.

He seems to have become fatter, but there's no need for it. The change in his appearance can't shake his position in my heart, he's still the kind and hardworking Young Master Wen I know.

Before he left, he affectionately lifted his hand to rub my head, looking at me with a doting smile on his face as he discussed in a low voice. Luo Niang, last time you gave me a scale beard, I used it all up, but I still have a few sick civilians lined up and waiting for treatment.

Saving a life is better than creating a seven-layered pagoda. I know that you are kind and you will definitely not leave a person's life behind without a care.

I have been in Jin An City for quite a while, I have long heard that people in the outside world call Young Master Wen 'Savior the Living Buddha', he used my scale beard to save many lives, and in Jin An City, he is well-known for his women and children. At this moment, he has another request for me. This is a critical moment related to his fate, so how can I bear to see his reputation being ruined?

I nodded and said to him, If you ever want the whiskers again, write and tell me that I will deliver them to Wen Jia Village the next day. This is different from the previous day, you have your dream to achieve, every day is busy, I know.

You don't have to come to the tea shop to see me.

The Young Master Wen was overjoyed. For the first time, he used his trembling arms to grab onto my wrist and tightly hugged me to his chest. My eyes were wide open and I didn't know what to do.