The Only Cultivator In The World

Chapter 1: Severing a finger to pay back the money

On February 21, 2023, at about six o'clock in the afternoon, in a roadside barbecue restaurant on Tangzhen Street, a young man in his twenties was drinking alone and smoking silently. There was basically no skewers of barbecue on the table.

The young man's name is Tian Xiao, a senior college student. At this time, Tian Xiao's face showed no trace of youthful vitality. He looked decadent and his eyes were lifeless. There was no light in them. He looked like a living dead.

Since it was still early, the barbecue restaurant had just opened, and there were no other customers in the store except Tian Xiao. At this time, the sun has set, and the dim light hits people's faces, making Tian Xiao, who is sitting alone in the store, look particularly lonely. Coupled with his expression of a living dead, it is simply incompatible with this bright and colorful world. Seems out of place.

It was obvious that Tian Xiao was in such bad condition that the owner of the barbecue restaurant did not dare to talk to him and just went about his work silently. The sound of sirens coming from the street and the laughter of people coming and going made the store feel extraordinarily quiet, eerily quiet.

"Boss, have a plate!" Not long after, a shout came from the door, and two young men, a man and a woman, came in, roughly the same age as Tian Xiao. "Come on!" The boss ran out with a smile on his face. In addition to the joy of doing business, he probably also felt relieved that the weird silence was finally broken.

At the same time, Tian Xiao also raised his head and glanced at the man and woman who came in. A trace of hatred flashed in his eyes, and then he immersed himself in drinking again. After selecting the barbecue, the young man and woman handed the plates to the barbecue owner and walked into the store.

When passing by Tian Xiao, Tian Xiao suddenly shouted dullly: "Brother Jiang!"

The man was startled. After seeing Tian Xiao clearly, he cursed: "Damn it, why are you kid! Tmd, do you want to scare me to death? Bah, bad luck!" As he said that, he spat at Tian Xiao's feet. . "Brother Jiang~, who is this person?" The woman held the man's hand and asked in a cooing voice.

"My former junior high school classmate was a damn poor guy." Sun Yongjiang said disdainfully. Then he glared at Tian Xiao fiercely and threatened: "I'm telling you, don't mention the money to me today. It makes me upset. If you say one more thing, do you believe that I will send you to the hospital right away?" Face to face? If Sun Yongjiang's threat had been put aside, although Tian Xiao would not have been discouraged, his momentum would definitely have been frightened.

Sun Yongjiang was a gangster when he was in junior high school, and he was roommate with Tian Xiao for a while. Sun Yongjiang bullied Tian Xiao earlier, but after becoming roommates, he was pretty good with Tian Xiao. Maybe it was just what Tian Xiao thought was good. , as to whether he was trying to give Tian Xiao some good looks because he often asked Tian Xiao to do his homework, it was unclear.

The two had lost contact since graduation. Later, when they went to college, Sun Yongjiang suddenly asked Tian Xiao to borrow money during his freshman year. He said that he was doing business and needed a quick turnover of money. He wanted to borrow 1,000 yuan and had to wait for a week. Once the funds are turned over, they will be returned to Tian Xiao. Tian Xiao couldn't stand Sun Yongjiang's coaxing and requesting, and thinking about his classmate, he lent him all the money except living expenses. He also borrowed 100 yuan from his roommate, and finally lent 700 yuan to Sun Yongjiang. As expected, Sun Yongjiang refused to pay back the money, and later even deleted and blocked Tian Xiao.

Finally, Tian Xiao came back from vacation and went to find Sun Yongjiang at his home. He was kicked out and kicked twice. Tian Xiao had no choice but to eat coptis as a lesson.

I never expected to meet you here by chance today.

Tian Xiao had a gloomy face, looked at Sun Yongjiang coldly, and said: "It is only natural to pay back the debt. I will give you one last chance, why don't you pay back the money?" Tian Xiao's sudden change of attitude and cold eyes made Sun Yongjiang couldn't help feeling cold in his heart, but he immediately became angry again, pointed at Tian Xiao and cursed: "Who the hell do you think you are? Give me a chance? You deserve it! I won't pay you back." What can you do? Hit me if you can, come on, come on, there is a lot of blood here, hit me here, if you don’t beat me to death today, I will send you to the hospital!" He pointed at his head and stretched it in front of Tian Xiao passed.

The owner of the barbecue restaurant saw that the two were quarreling and hurriedly wanted to put down what he was doing to persuade them. Unexpectedly, as soon as he put down the barbecue grill, a unique female scream echoed through the entire barbecue restaurant along with the sound of "哐锗".

"Brother Jiang! Brother Jiang, are you okay? Ah! Your head is bleeding!" The woman looked at Sun Yongjiang lying on the ground in panic, while Tian Xiao threw away the broken wine bottle in his hand, with a strange and evil expression on his face. Looking at Sun Yongjiang with a smile.

The owner of the barbecue restaurant was also stunned. Before he could recover, Tian Xiao quickly picked up a knife in the store and walked towards Sun Yongjiang.

"Ah! You! What are you doing!" The woman was so frightened that she crawled away, and the owner of the barbecue restaurant was too frightened to come forward.

"Since you don't pay back the money, I will pay it back with your fingers. You owe me seven hundred, and I will chop off seven of your fingers today!" Tian Xiao clutched the knife tightly with a crazy look on his face and threw it towards the ground unconscious. Sun Yongjiang's finger from personnel affairs was cut off.

With a "pop" sound, Sun Yongjiang's right index finger was cleanly cut off. The severe pain forced Sun Yongjiang to wake up, followed by a scream like a slaughtered pig. Tian Xiao didn't seem to hear anything, stepped on Sun Yongjiang's right hand with his foot, raised the knife and cut off his middle finger.

"Ah——! Ah——! My hand! My hand!" Sun Yongjiang screamed and struggled desperately, and slapped Tian Xiao's leg hard with his other hand, but Tian Xiao seemed to feel no pain, and again He cut off Sun Yongjiang's ring finger and little finger with a knife.

"I'll pay back the money! I'll pay back the money! I'll give you whatever you want! Brother Xiao! Brother Xiao, let me go!!!" Sun Yongjiang begged in pain, with mucus flowing down his nose mixed with tears. Tian Xiao smiled evilly and said, "It's too late. I still have three fingers left. Let's cut off the other hand and leave you a thumb."

"Help me! Save me!" Sun Yongjiang asked for help from the owner of the barbecue restaurant. Only then did the owner of the barbecue restaurant react after being completely frightened. However, the first thing the owner of the barbecue restaurant did not save Sun Yongjiang when he came back to his senses. , but ran out of the store door, shouting "Killing! Killing!"

The woman who came with Sun Yongjiang also stared at Tian Xiao with fear on her face. She seemed to be frightened and didn't even dare to run away. Finally, as Sun Yongjiang screamed, he also lost three fingers on his left hand, leaving only his thumb and index finger.

When the police arrived, only blood stains on the ground and a wailing Sun Yongjiang were left at the scene. As for Tian Xiao, after cutting off seven of Sun Yongjiang's fingers, he quickly rushed into the crowd, and finally left the town and ran into the mountains.

The sky soon darkened. The police learned from the onlookers that Tian Xiao had run into the mountains, and had to organize people to search for them in the mountains. However, they also knew that once they entered the mountains, they would not be able to survive. It's possible to find someone, not to mention it's still night.

Fortunately no one was killed. After a symbolic search of two or three hours, no one was found, so the police withdrew and placed a wanted order on Tian Xiao. They believed that within three days, someone would report Tian Xiao's whereabouts and arrest him.

But what they didn't expect was that Tian Xiao was nowhere to be seen, as if he had disappeared out of thin air. In the end, everyone thought that Tian Xiao died in the mountains. For a long time after that, Tian Xiao's hometown and friends were lamenting Tian Xiao. Anyone who knew about it all lamented God's injustice to such a young man.

Tian Xiao was born in a small village in Tang Town. His grandparents passed away when he was young. His family consists of Tian Xiao and Tian's father and Tian's mother, a family of three. Because Tian Xiao's mother has been suffering from illnesses all year round, the family's income depends on her father. Although the family was very poor, fortunately Tian Xiao was sensible, knew how to care for his parents, and was the best in the village in his studies. Later, he was successfully admitted to university and became the only college student of Tian Xiao's age in the village.

In the eyes of the people in the neighborhood, as long as Tian Xiao finds a job after graduation, the family will be better off. For this reason, Tian's father still goes out to work despite his age, just to support Tian Xiao. But what outsiders don't know is that Tian Xiao's grades were not good after entering college. Having lived in the countryside since he was a child, he was attracted by the colorful world outside when he entered university. He didn't waste money on eating and drinking in the city, but he had no intention of studying.

Tian Xiao also dated a girlfriend when he was a freshman. When he was in love for the first time, he thought about how to surround his girlfriend every day, so that his grades in the future fell into decline. Graduation was approaching and he might not even be able to get his diploma. Tian Xiao didn't dare to tell his family about this.

In the end, Tian Xiao thought that even if he couldn't get a diploma, he could support his elderly parents by working part-time on his own. However, during this winter vacation, his girlfriend, who had been in love with him for three years, said that he could not see a future in him. I decided to break up with him. The grieving Tian Xiao returned home during the winter vacation, but he never thought that this was just the beginning of his bad luck.

During the winter vacation, Tian's mother suddenly became seriously ill and passed away. After the two fathers and sons buried Tian's mother, Tian's father also fell into despair and drank all day long. Finally, he got drunk and had a car accident, and followed Tian's mother away. His parents passed away in just one week, leaving Tian Xiao alone in the family. The continuous blows caused Tian Xiao's world to completely collapse. Even if the lights in the world were brightly lit, they could not illuminate the darkness in Tian Xiao's heart, so what happened next.

Ever since Tian Xiao entered the mountains, he has not been seen again. No one is alive or dead. Ten years later, few people in the world still remember that Tian Xiao existed in this world. Even that ordinary small bungalow was expropriated by the government and bulldozed to build other buildings.

In ten years, it seems that a person like Tian Xiao has completely disappeared from the world, as if he had never appeared before. It is difficult for people to find even a little evidence of his existence...