I Borrowed a Brain from the Almighty

This world is fake.

Chen Luo finally confirmed his guess. The 'immortal' Dr. Luo met when he was a child never existed from the beginning. The place "Liangjie Mountain" was also written by Liu Gang's father. He is also the only person in the world who has awakened his 'spiritual power'.

It's a pity that Liu Gang's father is not an immortal cultivator, and he cannot sense the existence of spiritual power. Therefore, this ray of spiritual power was only hidden in his body until death and was not used out.

After leaving Anning County, Chen Luo went to many places.

He spread the books he wrote over the years into the world. It is certainly impossible to directly derive spiritual power from this approach, and there are still some unknown limitations.

But none of this matters.

Chen Luo didn't need to figure out how to derive the first ray of spiritual power. He only needed to extract the spiritual power from Liu Gang's father's body and use a ray of spiritual power as a guide to induce his own power.

The index finger pulled away from the corpse's brow.

A small amount of spiritual power the size of a mung bean appeared on the fingertips.

If this ray of spiritual power were on an ordinary person, it might be of no use. But in Chen Luo's hands, it can move the world. The bookstore's accumulation of more than ten years came to life in an instant under the guidance of this ray of spiritual power.

The books that were scattered before quickly turned into substantial power after being read, and fed back to him from the void.

click

Faintly, Chen Luo seemed to hear the sound of something breaking.

But when he looked up, there was still nothing above except the blue sky. After the spiritual power circulated through his body, it quickly became silent again.

"Not even close."

Just as Chen Luo guessed, more than six hundred books were not enough for him to break the shackles. The power sealed in the sky requires more 'Book Demons' to help him break through.

After filling the coffin again, Chen Luo took back the shovel, glanced at Bishui County in the distance, turned and walked in the other direction.

Bishui County, where Liangjie Mountain is located, is the weakest place in the world.

The appearance of Dr. Luo helped Chen Luo a big favor, as he no longer needed to look for weak points. When a thousand 'Book Demons' appear in the Two Realms Mountains, it will be the time when Chen Luo leaves this world. Before that, Bishui County was not allowed to go to avoid being noticed by outsiders.

Year after year.

When Chen Luo returned to Anning County again, it was twenty years later.

This winter.

It's snowing heavily.

Chen Luo was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, and his gray beard hung down on his chest. The appearance of his face is no longer young, and wrinkles cover his old face.

He is old.

It has been almost forty years since he came to this world, and Chen Luo can feel that his physical condition is approaching seventy. For people in this world, life is rare. People who can live to this age are from wealthy families.

Crunch, crunch.

The feet stepped on the snow, making a compacting sound.

Along the street, Chen Luo walked to the bookstore that used to be there. The streets are still as they are in memory. If there is no war in this small county, there may not be any changes for decades or hundreds of years.

The dynasty's chaos ended seven years ago.

With the support of aristocratic families, the prefect of Nanjun occupied the area south of the river and founded the country. The northern overlord used the superiority of cavalry to sweep across the north, and ruled across the river with the governor of Nanjun. Two new regimes were established, and the people entered a brief period of peace.

"Ahem!!"

There was a violent coughing sound in the bookstore, and it took a long time to stop.

Squeak.

Pushing open the wooden door, a cool breeze blew in from outside, and large snowflakes were brought in by the wind and fell to the ground.

The bookstore is still very clean.

The counter at the door and the bookshelves behind are all spotless.

The old woman who was cleaning the house was hit by the cold wind outside and subconsciously covered her eyes. It took her a long time to adjust to the light outside, and she asked in a confused tone.

"Xiaohu? How many times have I told you not to open the door casually? The wind and snow outside will blow in. The floor is stained with moisture and is easily eaten by insects. How will I explain to my husband when he comes back?"

The voice was very old, but Chen Luo still recognized it immediately.

The old woman is Wang Xiaohu’s mother Yun Niang.

These two women who were casually rescued by him have been helping him clean the bookstore during the more than twenty years since he left. After twenty years, it may have become their habit.

"I'm back."

Chen Luo said.

The old woman who was sweeping the floor in the room stopped for a moment, and she subconsciously turned around. When he saw the figure at the door clearly, he froze on the spot.

"gentlemen?"

The old woman's voice was trembling, as if she couldn't believe it.

Chen Luo himself was unaware of his status in the hearts of these two women. The kindness that brought them back from the brink of death and saved their children is enough for them to remember for a lifetime.

They knew that Chen Luo was not an ordinary person.

There was no need for them to help. The only thing they could do was to help him clean the bookstore and cook him a hot meal when he came back.

That's all.

"You're finally back."

Tears fell down Yun Niang's cheeks.

The matchmaker is gone. She was already older than Yun Niang, but one winter three years ago, she couldn't hold on. Passed away from this world first. Two family members who had relied on each other all their lives suddenly lost one of them, leaving Yun Niang empty.

When she was alone in a daze, she would come to the bookstore.

Help to clean the dust in the store, only in this way can she remember the past and feel that she is still alive.

Chen Luo walked into the bookstore and looked at the familiar scenes around him. He had the illusion of touching time.

"You have also grown old"

Yunniang put down the broom in her hand and looked at Chen Luo with silver hair. Her eyes were dazed. The hero who grabbed her and Hongniang to climb over the wall has now become an old man with white hair.

"Why are you here alone?"

Chen Luo did not ask Hongniang. His consciousness had already scanned the entire Anning County and found Hongniang's grave in the back mountain. He made a special trip to see it before coming back.

"Xiaohu has his own business now and is usually very busy."

As they talked, the two pushed open the side door behind the bookstore.

This is connected to the laundry next door where Yunniang and his family live. After Xiaohu and Hongying grew up and started a family, this laundry was empty. Although it is still open on weekdays, it rarely takes business from outside. Xiaohu opened a escort agency and his income is very high on weekdays, so Yunniang no longer needs to come out to work. The same thing happened to Hongying. She married the son of the county magistrate and gave birth to a son and a daughter. She followed her husband to work as an official in other counties a few years ago and lived a very good life.

In the yard.

Chen Luo sat in the same position as before. After a while, Yunniang, who had finished her work, brought two hot dishes. The two sat in their old positions, and the positions belonging to Hongniang, Xiaohu and the other three were vacant.

"Try it."

Yunniang was very happy. She picked up a piece of meat for Chen Luo.

Chen Luo took a bite.

It tasted tasteless.

The spiritual power merged into his eyes, and the life-borrowing Gu appeared silently on his shoulder. In the perspective of the life-borrowing Gu, Yunniang was like a candle in the wind, and her life had come to an end.

"It tastes good."

Chen Luo said calmly.

A smile appeared on Yunniang's face, and she happily spoke to the place where Hongniang used to sit. There was a dream that when Xiaohu and Hongying grew up, the two of them would go back to their hometown together to take a look, and there was also the thought of not letting the children worry.

The wind and snow in the yard were getting stronger, and the snowflakes were swirling and falling in.

Chen Luo put down the chopsticks in his hand.

He picked up the wine pot beside him and took a sip gently.

It was still apricot blossom wine.

But the taste was not the same as before.

Yunniang passed away peacefully.

Wang Xiaohu carried her into the coffin with his own hands, and the grave was next to Hongniang's grave. These two women who had suffered all their lives could be together before they left. Chen Luo stood by and watched this scene quietly.

He had experienced similar scenes many times.

I don't know when the separation of life and death became common in his place. Wang Xiaohu cried very sadly, howling like a child without a mother. The woman next to him kept comforting him, and the relatives and friends next to him were also comforting him. Some of these people were really sad, and some were crying falsely.

Hongying and her husband also rushed back.

Chen Luo could see their emotions.

Hongying's sadness was real, and her husband's sadness was fake. This is not to say that this person is heartless, but for Hongying's husband, Yunniang is indeed just a stranger.

Chen Luo stood by and watched this scene quietly, letting the wind and snow blow by.

"Rest in peace."

Chen Luo turned and left after muttering silently.

Wang Xiaohu and a group of relatives who were crying and seeing him off were left behind.

The bookstore is open again.

Half a month after Yunniang left, Chen Luo cleaned the bookstore himself. Then he opened the door and began to write the last few books, just like more than 20 years ago.

He has been traveling around for many years, and the number of "book monsters" he has spread has reached more than 900.

There is only one book left, and he is going to return to this starting point to write.

Start here and end here.

Not long after he settled down, Wang Xiaohu came to the door.

"Uncle Chen, you should go back and have a good rest. I will ask someone to help you take care of the bookstore."

Wang Xiaohu has recovered, and he still wears a black cuff on his right arm. He is now the father of four children. The child who needed Yunniang's life to protect him has grown up to be a big tree that can shelter others from the wind and rain.

In Wang Xiaohu's cognition, Chen Luo is his last relative in this world.

After his mother and Aunt Hong passed away, Chen Luo is his only elder. Unlike Hongying and his wife, Wang Xiaohu makes a living in Anning County. Except for going out to escort, he spends most of his time in the city.

Chen Luo ignored this kid.

Hongying also came to invite him a few days ago, saying that she would take him to Yun'an County to help him take care of him in his old age, but he refused. I don't know what Hongying said to Wang Xiaohu when she left. This kid has been wandering around in his bookstore every day these days, which is very annoying. (End of this chapter)