I'm useless, but my apprentices are all gods who protect others.

As expected, Ah Yan's life was not easy.

He experienced beheading and death once a month.

Zhou Xie's sacrifice consumes all the life force of a person. When the Duan family sacrifices Ayan's head, his body will die once, but because Ayan has an extremely yin ghost body, he will die in pain again and again. And resurrected.

As Ayan died again and again, the Duan family's luck began to improve visibly.

At this time, the divisions of Jiuzhou were different from those in the present world, and the names of the places were also very different. Shengyi only knew that the Duan family had gradually become the leading existence from the last family of cultivators in Jiuzhou.

The family is not only prosperous, but all the descendants are geniuses with outstanding talents.

In addition to the monthly pain of beheading, Ayan was also imprisoned in the deep mountains and forests of the Duan family, and was not allowed to have contact with outsiders.

When Ah Yan was one or two years old, he only had a young boy to take care of him. The boy was careless and didn't know how to take care of children. From the looks of things, the owner didn't seem to care about Ah Yan and often left the young Ah Yan to fend for himself.

What surprised the boy was that Ayan was so young that he would not die even if he was starved for seven or eight days, so he didn't care about him anymore.

Little did he know that Ayan had starved to death and been reborn several times.

Time passed ten years ago, and Ayan grew up from a lively baby to a quiet young boy.

Sheng Yi had been watching him from the side, and finally saw the outline of Duan Yanyao from the child's open facial features.

The illusion is related to Duan Yanyao, but Shengyi can only see the people and things around Ayan, and cannot be too far away, which is enough to prove that the Ayan in front of her is Duan Yanyao.

She witnessed Ayan's growth process, and while feeling distressed and sad, she also had doubts about this time, space, and time.

This is clearly Jiuzhou 5000 years ago.

If this is really Duan Yanyao's past, it means that Duan Yanyao in this world has lived for thousands of years.

The illusion is an illusion after all, and the good intentions have not yet completely sunk in. When I think of this, I can't help but frown.

More than 5000 years old, older than her.

But Duan Yanyao didn't say a word about this and pretended to have first-level qualifications. What was his purpose?
"Hey! There's someone here!" Suddenly a clear voice fell into his eardrums. He raised his head and saw a girl in a pink skirt outside the door, looking around.

At this time, the guarding boy left his post without permission. Ayan was feeding rabbits in the yard. He didn't react when he heard the outsiders' voices and just lowered his eyes.

"Brother! Can I come in? I'm playing hide-and-seek with them. Can I hide in the tree behind you?" The girl saw Ayan and shouted.

Perhaps the girl's voice was too loud. Ayan looked back at her, as if he knew she meant no harm or something. He nodded and said, "Come in."

Ah Yan rarely saw people and had no experience communicating with others. When the girl came in, he just glanced at her and said nothing.

"My mother said there was an unlucky guy living in the back mountain, named Ayan. Is that you?" The girl climbed up the tree and talked to Ayan.

"My name is indeed Ayan." Ayan nodded.

As for the unlucky guy... Ah Yan has no idea.

He didn't know whether he was doing well or not, because he had not met many people and had no comparison.

"I am Duan Chuling. I am one year older than you. You have to call me sister!" Duan Chuling threw small fruits at Ayan.

Duan Chuling stared at Ayan, a little confused.

Ayan looks so much like his uncle that he can tell at a glance that he is his child.

The uncle is the head of the family, why do his children live in this shabby wooden house.

Ayan raised his head. He had never seen his parents since he could remember, so he had no idea about kinship.

Just looking at Duan Chuling's very similar facial features to his, Ayan felt an inexplicable sense of intimacy in his heart, so he said, "Sister."

The word "sister" made Sheng Yi's heart skip a beat.

I still remember that when Duan Yanyao was in Yujiazhai, he was trapped in a nightmare and all he called was "sister".

"Hehe, I'll come to play with you again in the future!" Duan Chuling beamed when she saw Ah Yan being so well-behaved.

Then she asked: "Are there many wild wolves in the back mountains?"

The adults explicitly prohibited them from playing in the back mountain, saying that there were extremely aggressive wild wolves in the back mountain.

These younger generations of the Duan family are very talented, and they have already learned to use their spiritual power to make some offensive small spiritual balls without any formal training.

I used to be scared when I heard there were wolves in the back mountains, but now everyone is eager to try out how powerful their spiritual power balls can be.

Several children sneaked up the mountain together, thinking that the mountain behind would be full of dangers, but nothing happened.

The children simply played hide and seek.

Ayan hugged the little white rabbit and looked blank: "There are no wolves in the back mountain."

Duan Chuling was also confused: "Then why don't you come up?"

Then she looked at Ayan: "Are you the only one who lives here?"

Ayan: "Yeah."

Duan Chuling: "I know, it must be my uncle's favoritism. He gave the entire back mountain to you and only allowed you to play here alone!"

Sheng Yi sat on the stone bench under the tree and sneered when he heard Duan Chuling's words.This is not biasing Duan Xing.

It was obvious that he imprisoned Ayan in the back mountain and found an excuse to prevent others from going up the mountain if he didn't want others to find out.

Ayan didn't respond to Duan Chuling's words, but just glanced at the stone bench.

Several children passed by Ayan's house, but they all felt it was eerie and didn't dare to go in.

After searching around, only Duan Chuling was left. The friends were anxious and shouted Duan Chuling's name loudly.

Duan Chuling knew that he had won the hide-and-seek game, so he quickly jumped down from the tree and saw Ayan holding several little white rabbits in his arms. He stretched out his hand to touch the little white rabbits a few times and said, "I'll come and play with you next time!"

Ah Yan felt fresh and nodded.

……

Duan Chuling did not break her promise. After that, she often came to talk to Ayan.

The adults explicitly prohibited them from going up the back mountain, but they could always take advantage of the loopholes and sneak up.

At first, Duan Chuling came alone, but later Duan Chuling came with a few friends. They all played games in Ayan's yard, and when they were hungry, they shared food from the mustard bag.

Duan Chuling saw that Ah Yan was illiterate, so he brought some books to teach him how to read.

Seeing that Ah Yan often didn't have enough to eat, he left a mustard bag full of food for Ah Yan and specifically told him to hide it so that the guard boy wouldn't find it.

After all, it was different to have someone by his side, and Ayan's condition was visibly fuller.

"Wow! Ah Yan, you laughed!"

Duan Chuling played chess with Ah Yan, and Ah Yan burst into laughter after winning the game.

Duan Chuling lost, and was a little depressed, but saw Ayan frowning and smiling.

Ah Yan always had an indifferent look, but now his smile was like the first melting ice and snow in spring, so beautiful.

"What's this?" Ah Yan was puzzled.

Just a smile.

Duan Chuling: "You used to be stupid and didn't seem to know how to smile. I thought you didn't like me. Now that you are willing to smile at me, it means that our relationship is better."

After saying that, she didn't forget to praise: "You look so beautiful when you smile."

Ah Yan was slightly stunned.

After thinking for a long time, he asked: "Sister, do you like my smile?"

Duan Chuling replied casually: "I like it, you look so pretty when you smile."

Ayan nodded and solemnly wrote down: "Okay."

After the friends left, the courtyard was noisy in the night. Ayan lit the lamp, sat on the porch and read a book. When he saw the description of his friend in the book, he spoke for the first time.

Ayan: "Sister, Tang Zhen, Zheng Lange... there are a few others whose names I forgot. They always come to play with me. Does that mean we are friends?"

Sheng Yi thought Ayan was talking to herself, but Ayan met her eyes and asked directly: "Why don't you speak?"

Sheng Yi's pupils shrank and he was surprised: "Can you see me?"

"Why not?" Ayan tilted his head.

"I saw you a long time ago. Can't others see you?"

As long as Ah Yan can remember, he knows that there is a ghost who has been staying by his side.

She always looked at him from somewhere not too far away, never spoke to him, and often showed a sad expression to him, especially when he was kidnapped by his biological father.

Ayan was too tired and had no intention of communicating with her. Until Duan Chuling's arrival, Ayan gradually had the idea of ​​talking to others.

Kindly: "It is true that only you can see me."

Sheng Yi didn't expect A Yan to see her.

I didn't expect that he would wait until now to say it.

"If it's just me...does that mean I'm special to you?" Ayan suddenly became interested.

Not only can you see me, but you might also be my apprentice.

So Shengyi responded: "It is indeed special."

This answer seemed to please Ayan greatly, and he chuckled.

He pointed to the book next to Shenyi: "Bring the book over for me."

Shenyi leaned over, but his fingers passed through the pages of the book, "I can't touch anything here."

When Ah Yan saw this, he seemed to be disgusted and said: "You are so useless."

Sheng Yi was silent for a moment, but Ah Yan walked over and picked up the book, with a beautiful and eye-catching smile:
"But because of how special I am to you, I can forgive you."