Perhaps because the young Taoist said he would take me to the fairy mountain, the village chief and others were much kinder to me. They didn't mention at all about taking me to the sacrificial altar for execution and public display. Only that poor dead snake was left hanging on the altar as decoration.

The Taoist brought mushrooms, and as usual, the village chief distributed them to everyone, giving each household a small bag. They were highly valued.

I carried the dried immortal mushrooms I received and hummed a little tune all the way home, but Grandpa Liu slapped me in the face and made me kneel down.

"You foolish child, why did you agree to go to the fairy mountain?"

His face was wrinkled into knots, leaning on a cane, and he pounded the ground with frustration.

"Grandpa Liu, what are you doing? Isn't it better to be closer to immortals and become immortal?"

I was both aggrieved and puzzled, and I turned my head and shouted.

"What do you know, you dumb egg!"

"How could I not know? I just witnessed the magical powers of immortals." I retorted, turning my head.

"Foolish child, oh, foolish child!"

Grandpa Liu stomped his foot and actually went out crying, his crying voice filled with despair and misery.

Was it necessary? Could it be that Grandpa Liu had gone crazy?

According to my father, he and Grandpa Liu had gone through great hardships to come to this fairy island, just to be closer to immortals. Now that I was going up the fairy mountain, he hit me, scolded me, cried, and made a fuss. What was going on?

When it was pitch black outside, my father came back carrying Grandpa Liu on his back, and he kicked me.

It turned out that Grandpa Liu got excited and went to find my father, but he slipped on the field ridge and broke his leg. And it broke strangely, with the bone completely shattered, leaving only a layer of skin wrapping around it, making my blood flow in reverse.

I hurriedly found the village doctor Wang Dafu. Wang Dafu leaned over the oil lamp and took a look, saying it was hopeless and he would have to amputate.

Upon hearing this, Grandpa Liu fainted directly, without even using anesthesia.