Text Chapter 19 Refugees (I)

When Miao Yi met Lao Bai's requirements, Lao Bai did not break his promise and no longer 'stopped' Miao Yi from leaving. In fact, he never stopped him, he just reminded him, but Miao Yi would always carry out his reminders.

Miao Yi lives up to his name. He has a kind of perseverance that Lao Bai appreciates. He is more conscious than Lao Bai imagined, and saves some of the things Lao Bai originally planned to do, or the methods he planned to use.

A newly cut and fabricated raft was pushed into the sea. Miao Yi grabbed his scattered long hair and twisted it on his head. A hairpin made of wood was inserted into his bun to fix it.

Miao Yi jumped onto the raft, holding a wooden gun in his hand. He turned to look at Lao Bai and smiled, showing his white teeth.

It's really time to leave. Since arriving on this island, a mature boy has gradually turned into a burly young man today. His appearance has changed a lot, and the changes have been quite big. This period of time has been ten years.

A full ten years have passed and I really have to leave.

"Lao Bai, you really don't want to come with me?" Miao Yi asked while standing on the bamboo raft.

Lao Bai shook his head and chuckled: "Take care of yourself. From today on, if you encounter any difficulties, I will not give you any advice. Remember, from today on, everything must be done by yourself!"

Miao Yi nodded heavily, looked at Lao Bai with a complicated expression and said, "I really should thank you."

Lao Bai said with a warm smile: "No need to thank me. If I need your help in the future, I hope you won't refuse."

Miao Yi patted his chest and promised: "As long as I can do it, I will never refuse."

Lao Bai nodded, "I hope you will remember what you said today."

"I won't forget it." Miao Yi insisted, then scratched his head and asked hesitantly: "Old Bai, compared with other monks, the 'Star Fire Technique' I practice, isn't it too bad?"

"I haven't practiced and compared. I can't answer this question. Is it worse or better? You will have your own experience in the future. But there is one thing you have to remember."

"What's up?"

"The Dharma is not spread to the six ears. The Dharma you cultivate yourself is the foundation for your livelihood. Don't leak it easily, otherwise it will bring you big trouble. Remember! Remember!"

"You've said it many times, and I've always remembered it. It's a big taboo in the spiritual world!" As soon as Miao Yi finished speaking, a sea breeze turned to the west. After he raised his hand to test the wind, he said loudly: "The wind news is coming. , Lao Bai, I really want to leave, are you really sure you don’t want to go with me?”

Lao Bai waved his hand gently, turned around and left without saying goodbye.

Miao Yi, who raised the oilcloth sail on the raft, was immediately blown away from the coast by the sea breeze. Looking at Lao Bai's back, Miao Yi shouted loudly again: "Lao Bai, you know so many things. It's a pity not to practice. I'm not here." When the time comes, you should think about it carefully.”

Lao Bai, who was walking towards the forest with his back turned, smiled at the corner of his mouth and laughed it off...

With smooth winds and smooth water, and with the blessing of magic power, the raft moved forward quickly.

Seeing the island gradually disappearing on the horizon, the longing to leave for many years suddenly became a bit reluctant, and it also became hesitant, a kind of uncertainty and ignorance about the way forward.

The sun rose and set, and the day passed without seeing land. Miao Yi suddenly had a flash of doubt in his heart, remembering the time when Lao Bai drove him to the island on a bamboo raft.

Lao Bai is not a monk, so he can cross the ocean and travel such a long distance to the island with just a bamboo raft?

He was a little confused, but Lao Bai was full of knowledge. He knew too much about weird things in heaven and earth. It was entirely possible that he had some tricks that he didn't know about...

The sun was setting in the west and was about to turn into sunset when a ship appeared on the sea, coming in the same direction as Miao Yi.

To be honest, Miao Yi had never seen such a big ship before. He couldn't help but remove the magic blessing on the raft and drifted with the tide, preparing to take a good look at the big ship.

In the luxurious suite on the top floor of the ship, the bamboo curtain is half rolled up on the window, letting in the sea breeze.

On the thick carpet, a toddler staggered around, making the bejeweled young woman and a maid in red on the couch giggle non-stop.

The beaded curtain at the door suddenly opened, and another maid in green ran in, making a fuss: "Madam, it's bad, it's bad, there's a person floating on the sea."

As soon as these words came out, the young woman and the maid were so frightened that their expressions changed and they even covered their mouths.

The girl who made the fuss immediately realized that she had not said it right, and quickly changed her words: "It's not a dead person, but a living person. There is a man driving a raft floating alone on the sea. I don't know where he suffered a disaster, and he is floating alone."

It turned out that it was not a corpse. The young woman got up and came over, and poked the maid in green on the forehead with her fingertips. Several people lifted the curtain to the terrace and leaned on the railing to watch.

Miao Yi, who was standing on the raft, was looking here, and the poor man they were talking about was naturally Miao Yi.

"Housekeeper!" The young woman leaned on the railing and shouted below.

A middle-aged man wearing a sun hat immediately ran up, bowed and asked, "Madam, what are your orders?"

The young woman pointed to Miao Yi, who was floating on the sea. "I don't know where the poor man suffered the disaster. Since we have encountered him, please come over and help him."

"I know." The housekeeper immediately went down the stairs to make arrangements.

The ship was approaching slightly, and Miao Yi was still feeling strange. When it got closer, the people on the ship threw down the ladder and shouted for rescue. Only then did Miao Yi react, feeling that he was a refugee.

Miao Yi didn't know where to go, and wanted to see what a ship was like, so he pretended to be a refugee, abandoned the raft, and climbed on board with a wooden spear.

When he got on the boat and looked around curiously, the housekeeper wearing a bamboo hat came over.

"You are lucky to meet our lady who is kind-hearted. Come with me." The housekeeper said, and called Miao Yi directly to a warehouse half full of goods.

No one took the stick in Miao Yi's hand seriously, at least in the eyes of others, the wooden spear was just a stick.

Soon, water and food were brought in to fill Miao Yi's stomach, and they all estimated that Miao Yi might be hungry and thirsty while drifting on the sea.

Miao Yi was thinking that the people on the boat were really kind, and the housekeeper had already begun to inquire about his origins.

Since the other party thought he was a person who was in distress at sea, Miao Yi also made up a story.

He also wanted to show off his identity as an "immortal" in front of these ordinary people and experience the feeling of being admired. After all, it is inevitable for a rookie to have this mentality after practicing. However, seeing that these people are kind-hearted, he felt that there is no need to make them tremble with fear, so he gave up this idea.

The housekeeper saw that Miao Yi had an extraordinary aura and did not look like a person in distress, because he did not look depressed at all. After checking and confirming that he was indeed a person in distress, he immediately said: "The ship will dock soon. You stay in the cabin if you have nothing to do. There are women on the ship, don't run around!"

Miao Yi nodded and thanked him.

Just after eating the food that was delivered, a maid in green came in with a quilt. She looked at Miao Yi curiously, put down the quilt and said to Miao Yi: "This is what the lady ordered for you to spend the night."

Miao Yi nodded and watched her pack up the tableware and take it away.

He went on board to see the structure of the ship. Naturally, he couldn't bear it in the cabin, and finally couldn't help but walk to the deck to look around.

After being discovered by the housekeeper, the housekeeper looked unhappy, probably because Miao Yi did not listen to him.