This question stumped Chen Nan.
He couldn't possibly say, "Because you are the reincarnation of the Fire God!"
If he did.
It would be too obvious.
Moreover.
He couldn't reveal Cheng Tuo's past life too early.
Memories of his past life needed to be awakened by him slowly.
To inform him beforehand would be like pulling up seedlings to help them grow.
"As you know, I am a cultivator," Chen Nan said. "The main reason I asked you to follow me is your ability to control fire. In a way, we are of the same kind."
"Birds of a feather flock together, people of the same kind group together, do you understand?"
Cheng Tuo looked full of self-reproach. "Although I can control fire, my grandfather died because of me."
Seeing his self-reproach.
Chen Nan was secretly pleased.
When he learned that Cheng Tuo intended to kill Wei Dong.
He had been worried that Cheng Tuo was a bloodthirsty person.
If that were the case, guiding him onto the right path would undoubtedly be a long and arduous task.
Now that he was blaming himself for his grandfather's tragic death, it showed that he still had a conscience.
He said softly, "Did you intentionally want to burn him to death?"
Cheng Tuo shook his head vehemently.
Chen Nan: "Since you didn't intentionally want to burn him to death, then you should try to move on, rather than live in pain and self-reproach."
"If your grandfather's spirit is in heaven, he certainly wouldn't want to see you like this."
Cheng Tuo couldn't help but ask, "If my grandfather's spirit is in heaven, what kind of person would he want me to become?"
Chen Nan cleared his throat and said, "Actually, the main reason I came to find you was because of your grandfather."
"Ah?"
Cheng Tuo was a little bewildered.
Chen Nan said, "I had a dream last night, and I dreamt of your grandfather."
"Your grandfather earnestly told me that he hoped you would live a better life, to become someone useful to the country and to the people."
Cheng Tuo's eyes were resentful, looking at Chen Nan as if he were an idiot. "My grandfather was mute!"
Pfft!
Chen Nan almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
However.
He remained unfazed. "It was your grandfather who used sign language to convey his wishes to your father, and your father relayed them to me."
Cheng Tuo: "My father is also mute."
Chen Nan looked utterly defeated.
Just as he was about to speak.
Cheng Tuo's voice rang out again. "My mother is deaf and mute."
Chen Nan was on the verge of tears!
I was just telling a white lie, does it have to be like this?
Cheng Tuo didn't dwell on the topic of dreams anymore, but looked at Chen Nan seriously. "Are you really not here to harvest my organs?"
Chen Nan retorted, "Why would I harvest your organs?"
A hint of fear appeared on Cheng Tuo's face. "I heard from the villagers that bad people specifically come to the countryside to capture children and harvest their organs to sell for money."
"They say one kidney can be worth tens of thousands."
Chen Nan smiled. "Do you think a cultivator would be so poor as to resort to harvesting someone's kidneys for money?"
Cheng Tuo gave him a thumbs-up. "I think what you're saying makes sense."
Chen Nan's eyes lit up. "So, are you willing to leave with me and live somewhere else?"
"You don't find me dirty, and you don't disdain me as a solitary star, of course I'm willing to leave with you." Cheng Tuo's words came from the heart.
Although he had lived in the village for ten years.
However.
The words he had spoken in these ten years were fewer than what he had spoken with Chen Nan.
And he could see.
Chen Nan genuinely didn't despise him.
Chen Nan smiled. "Go pack your things, we'll leave tomorrow."
"Okay."
Although this home was very poor.
Chen Nan believed.
No matter how poor this home was.
There were things worth Cheng Tuo cherishing.
A moment later.
He walked out holding three spirit tablets made of wood.
They were the spirit tablets of his parents and grandfather.
Young as he was, he possessed filial piety.
Chen Nan quite liked this about him.
"How did I fall asleep just now?" Wei Dong also woke up, but.
Chen Nan had erased the memory of the异魔 appearing from his mind.
Then the three of them came to the reservoir.
At this time, Xie Churan and the others had already roasted a lot of meat, fish, and shrimp.
Even though Cheng Tuo was covered in dirt, before sitting down to eat, he asked Chen Nan to take him to the shallow water to wash himself.
He was so sensible it made one's heart ache.
Because he knew that appearing dirty in front of people would be off-putting.
Chen Nan asked, "Are you afraid of water?"
"Afraid, and I dislike it." Cheng Tuo did not hide his true feelings.
Chen Nan felt his question was somewhat redundant.
Water and fire are incompatible.
The battle between the Fire God Zhu Rong and the Water God Gong Gong at Buzhou Mountain was a widely known story in mythology.
Even though he was reincarnated and cultivating again, it couldn't stop the obsession in his heart.
"You are still young and cannot control the flames within you. I will set up a restriction for you first."
Chen Nan placed a restriction within Cheng Tuo.
It could only be broken when danger approached, at a moment of life and death.
Secondly.
Setting up a restriction could prevent the 异魔 from finding him.
The next morning.
Chen Nan and the others left Qingshan Gully.
However, Xie Churan, concerned about her fish pond and orchard, did not leave with them.
According to her, there should always be a place where Chen Nan could feel relaxed.
In the future, when Chen Nan was tired or weary, he could return to Qingshan Gully to relax.
Chen Nan applauded this idea.
It wasn't being ostentatious.
If Xie Churan stayed by his side, he would inevitably feel somewhat uncomfortable.
After all.
It wasn't the bed that couldn't handle more women.
It was he himself who couldn't handle it.
And the most important point.
He valued freedom.
Having too many women around him would make him very uncomfortable.
To put it plainly, he was a scoundrel!
Upon arriving in Jizhou.
Chen Nan, Jian Ning, and He Shanshan took Cheng Tuo to a mall for lunch.
They also bought many things.
Then they returned to the villa on the mountainside.
As soon as he got out of the car.
Jiang Jiancheng rushed over, knelt on the ground with a thud, and said tearfully, "Mr. Chen, I was wrong. Please be magnanimous and spare my life."
"Did I ever say I was going to kill you?"
As for Jiang Jiancheng.
Chen Nan had no good feelings for him at all.
Although Jiang Jiancheng had helped him before.
He had saved Jiang Jiancheng several times.
They were now even.
Jiang Jiancheng hugged his leg. "Mr. Chen, I cultivated the techniques given by the Han family. If I don't cultivate the lower part of the manual, I will die."
"So that's how it is!"
Chen Nan sighed lightly, all his compassion and mercy turning into a single sentence: "Then please die far away."
"Scram!"
Saying this, he kicked him away.
When Jiang Jiancheng presided over Jian Ning and Han Jian's engagement ceremony.
It had already been decided that the two would be irreconcilable enemies.
Jiang Jiancheng's eyes were bloodshot, and he shouted at Chen Nan's retreating back, "I've already apologized to you, why don't you forgive me?"
"Are you trying to force me to my death?"
"Do you believe I'll crash into the villa gate and die right now?"
A flicker of anger flashed in Chen Nan's eyes. "Are you threatening me?"
"I don't want this either, you're forcing me." Jiang Jiancheng felt Chen Nan's anger, but he clenched his fists tightly.
He knew.
Without Chen Nan's help, he would die.
It was better to take a gamble!
Chen Nan didn't look back and said angrily, "Teng, time to eat!"
Jiang Jiancheng was bewildered.
Before he could react.
A green vine sprouted from the ground in front of him.
Jiang Jiancheng gasped.
The moment he got up to flee.
The green vine pierced through his anus, penetrated his body, and a large section emerged from his mouth...