Reading to Become a God

The day after the battle with the monsters, the patriarch of the Guduan clan found Ye Chen and told him that they still would not help him and would drive him away. Ye Chen had no choice but to pretend to be injured and not leave.

The patriarch looked at Ye Chen. Although he did not participate in the battle last night, he also heard some reports and knew that Ye Chen had made a lot of efforts, so it was not good to continue to drive Ye Chen away. He had to say:

"Are you hungry?"

It would not matter if he did not say it. As soon as the patriarch said it, Ye Chen's stomach started to growl. Ye Chen smiled and said:

"Just now I was walking in the village, feeling dizzy and didn't know what to do. Now I think I must be hungry."

The patriarch asked Ye Chen to join a big dinner. Some of the meat on the table was monster meat. Many of the people who ate together were Guduan people who had fought monsters.

Three days later, the Guduan people arranged a funeral for those dead tribesmen. After that, the patriarch arranged a residence for Ye Chen near the cliff. That residence is much farther away from ordinary houses.

Ye Chen looked at the residence and said with a smile: "Do you want me to fall off the cliff when I fall asleep?"

The clan leader said: "Don't be ungrateful. I don't have a hotel here. This house is unoccupied, so I gave it to you. When you are healed, leave."

"Okay."

Ye Chen agreed happily. The injuries on his body were all superficial and had healed long ago. As long as he stayed, he would not stop until he achieved his goal.

The house on the cliff has one bedroom and one living room, with complete furniture and a stove. The clan leader also sent Ye Chen bedding, which looks like a home. And the scenery outside the window is very good, except that sometimes you can hear a very scary sound.

Ye Chen usually walks around the village, makes friends everywhere, and takes the opportunity to find a way to let the clan leader loose. But soon he felt that these things were not as simple as he thought. Although many villagers have a good impression of him, many villagers are very repulsive to him. Maybe they are used to being repulsive.

But what Ye Chen didn't expect was that he always attracted a group of children to follow him when he walked around the village.

"Watching the monkeys!" Ye Chen thought.

These people of the Ancient Forging Tribe have always lived in the mountains, and they only have the opportunity to go out with their tribesmen to trade when they are teenagers. So things outside are always very attractive to children who have not yet seen the world. Ye Chen is also very friendly. He takes them up the mountains and down the rivers, catches insects and birds, and gets very familiar with these children.

But sometimes Ye Chen is a little anxious. If this continues, he really doesn't know when he can go back.

This morning, the wind from the mountains came in through the hole in the wooden house, blowing Ye Chen's whole body cold. He was about to use something to block the hole, and suddenly saw a figure outside in the gap.

Ye Chen opened the door, and it turned out to be the children who played with him. Ye Chen waved to them and said:

"Go, go, I won't take you out to play today."

The children were a little disappointed. They begged for a while, but seeing that there was no effect, they had to leave. Ye Chen closed the door, thinking about the problem of blocking the wind tunnel, and accidentally saw another figure outside. He had to open the door again, it was a little girl. Ye Chen said to her:

"You should go back too. I don't have time to take care of you kids today."

The little girl shook her head. Ye Chen asked: "What's the matter?"

The little girl still shook her head. Ye Chen asked again: "Why don't you leave?"

The little girl didn't respond this time. Seeing that the child didn't leave and it was windy outside, Ye Chen said:

"Then come in."

The little girl ran in immediately. Ye Chen closed the door and said: "There is a wind tunnel here, and I can't find anything to block it."

The little girl suddenly ran out again. Ye Chen felt puzzled and didn't want to care about the wind tunnel, so he boiled a pot of water to make tea. Who knew that just after the tea was made, the little girl came back with a piece of resin in her hand and said to Ye Chen: "Here you go."

The resin just blocked the wind tunnel. Ye Chen smiled and said: "Thank you so much. You helped me solve the problem perfectly. Do you want to drink tea together?"

The little girl nodded. Ye Chen took out two wooden cups and poured two cups of tea on the table. The little girl immediately picked up the tea and drank it carefully. Ye Chen asked:

"What's your name?"

"Ai Xiaohong."

"Well! What do you want to talk to me about?"

The little girl still shook her head.

Ye Chen smiled and said: "You just come to play with me, right?"

The little girl nodded at this time.

Ye Chen smiled bitterly and said: "If I were a child like you, I would play with you every day."

"Why, can't you play with me now?"

"I want to go back, only your clan leader can help me go back, but he doesn't want to help me."

The little girl was a little disappointed and said: "Why do you want to go back? Isn't it good to live here?"

"It's good here, but it's not my home after all."

"How is your home?"

The little girl asked more and more questions, and Ye Chen could bear it and answered slowly. But the more he answered, the more spirited the little girl listened. Later, this little girl named Ai Xiaohong often came to Ye Chen, asking him all kinds of questions and asking him to talk about things outside. Ye Chen told her all kinds of things he knew.

But as time went by, Ye Chen made no progress in what he was supposed to do except becoming the leader of the children. He couldn't help but feel more and more annoyed.

At noon that day, although the sun was high in the sky, it was comfortable to stand in the sun because of the strong wind. Ye Chen sat on the edge of the cliff, and Ai Xiaohong followed him.

Ai Xiaohong asked him: "Aren't you afraid?"

Ye Chen shook his head and turned to Ai Xiaohong and said: "I'm going to leave in two days."

"Where to go?" The little girl didn't understand.

"Leave here and find a way to go back somewhere else."

"You are leaving? Not staying here anymore?"

This time the little girl understood, and a sad expression appeared on her face.

"Yes," Ye Chen said: "I'm sorry, I don't want to be your nanny, but your clan leader really doesn't give me any chance."

"If it were me, I would be willing to help you."

"Maybe when you grow up, but I can't wait that long."

Ye Chen sent Ai Xiaohong away and went directly to the clan leader. The clan leader was sitting in the house discussing matters with several clan members. When he saw Ye Chen, he told them to leave. Then the clan leader said to Ye Chen:

"Sit down, you want me to help you again?"

"No," Ye Chen said, "I want to say goodbye to you. I understand, since you don't want to help, I don't want to force you."

The clan leader looked at Ye Chen in silence for a while, then said: "In fact, I have been thinking about this problem recently. I have thought about it. If you are willing to agree to one of my requests, I can help you."

Ye Chen suddenly felt bright when he heard this, and immediately asked: "What request?"

The clan leader pondered for a while before saying:

"As long as you can find the artifact forging hammer that our clan lost in the Shadow Sea, I am willing to help you."